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Click here to subscribeSouthey, Robert The life of Nelson. London: John Murray, 1813. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo., engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, facsimile as frontispiece to volume 2, with half-titles, contemporary half calf, paper boards, rebacked Provenance: Bookplates of Thomas Hog of Newliston.
Walker, Richard The Nelson portraits. London, 1998. First edition, 4to., publisher’s cloth, dustwrappers, signed by the author on the titlepage; McCarthy, Lily Lambert. Remembering Nelson …. A record of the Lily Lambert McCarthy Collection at the Royal Naval Museum Portsmouth. Portsmouth, 1995. First edition, 8vo, paper covers; White, Colin. The Nelson encyclopaedia. London, 2002. First edition, 4to., publisher’s cloth, dustwrappers, presentation inscription from the author; [ Ibid.] The Nelson companion. Stroud, 1995. 8vo., publisher’s cloth, dustwrapers, presentation inscription from the author; Balston, Thomas. Staffordshire portrait figures of the Victorian age. London, 1958. First edition, 4to. publisher’s cloth, dustwrappers, wrappers frayed; May, John & May, Jennifer. Commemorative pottery 1780-90. London, 1972. First edition, 4to., publisher’s cloth, dustwrappers; Sotheby’s. Trafalgar: Nelson and the Napoleonic wars including the Matcham collection, London 5 October 2005; Beresford, Charles, Lord & Wilson, H.W. Nelson and his times. London: Harmondsworth, 1897. 10 parts, folio, printed paper wrappers; Hardy, T.A. Nelson commemorative medals 1797-1905. North Walsham, 1985. 8vo., printed wrappers; Spink & Son Ltd. In aid of “Save the Victory” Fund: loan exhibition of Nelson relics catalogue. London, 1928. 8vo., original wrappers, printed paper label; Royal United Services Institution. Exhibition of Nelson Relics May 1st to October 31st 1905 in commemoration of the centenary of the Battle of Trafalgar. London, 1905. 2nd edition, 8vo., printed paper boards, spine torn; and approximately 50 other booklets, pamphlets, etc. and other works of art reference and marine sale catalogues. (approx 88)
Burns, Robert Poems chiefly in the Scottish dialect...The third edition. London: A. Strahan & T. Cadell, Edinburgh: W. Creech, 1787. First London edition, engraved frontispiece, half-title, contemporary calf, worn, frontispiece with slight loss to fore margin of frontispiece, some light spotting, owner's name neatly erased from head of title and dedication Note: Egerer 5.
Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord Childe Harold's pilgrimage. A romaunt. London: J. Murray, 1812. First edition, Randolph's 2d variant with BB3 cancelled & p. 97, line 11 reading "vengeance forego:", engraved facsimile leaf, advertisement leaf at end, 4to, contemporary calf, upper cover detached; The corsair. London: J. Murray, 1814. First edition, first issue, 8vo, contemporary olive morocco gilt, g.e.; [Ibid.] The giaour. London: J. Murray, 1815. Fourteenth edition, 8vo, contemporary olive morocco gilt, g.e.; [Ibid.] Childe Harold's pilgrimage. Canto the fourth. London: J. Murray, 1818. First edition, second issue, bookplate of Lt. Gen. Thomas Graham of Balgowan, Lord Lynedoch, contemporary half calf, piece lost from head of spine; [Ibid.] Sardanapalus. London: J. Murray, 1821. 8vo, signature of Lord Lynedoch on title, later half morocco; [Manuscript album] Manuscript album of poetry, 49 pages, maroon morocco gilt, pink silk endpapers, worn, upper hinge broken (6)
Clemens, Samuel L. "Mark Twain" Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885. First American edition, early issue with BAL points: copyright notice dated 1884, "was" for saw on p.57, the "Him and Another Man" plate listed incorrectly as being at p.88, state "1(2?)" of pagination on page 155 with the final "5" lacking, photogravure plate by Heliotype Printing Co. of a portrait bust by Karl Gerhardt with tablecloth visible (BAL state 1), with the final blank leaf, also with the misprint "decided" on p. 9, later changed to "decides", frontispiece and 173 text illustrations by E.W. Kemble, original pictorial green cloth, blocked and lettered in gilt and black, folding cloth and marbled collector's box, very minor wear to head and tail of spine, scattered damp-flecks to boards Note: A very early issue of Mark Twain's masterpiece. The first reviews appeared in the USA in March 1885, and this copy is inscribed and dated by its first owner in early April 1885, making it one of the earliest inscribed copies to appear at auction. Blanck's Bibliograpy of American Literature [BAL 3415] Provenance: Mr Laurence Green, 6 April 1885, inscription on front endpaper
Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur - Sherlockiana A collection of material on Conan Doyle and Sherlockania, including The Strand Magazine Volumes I, IV-XXVIII, 1891- 1904. Large 8vo, contemporary red cloth gilt, volume I faded and worn, others rubbed at edges, some light foxing; Conan Doyle, Arthur Sunlight year-book. London, 1898, containing short story "Burgers secret" [p. 436-456] written specially by Doyle for this volume, original decorative red cloth; Ibid. Uncle Bernac, a memory of the Empire. London, 1897. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, original red cloth gilt, uncut; Ibid. The tragedy of the Korosko. London, 1898. 8vo, frontispiece, illustrated, original red cloth gilt, some fading; Ibid. A study in scarlet. London, 1894. 8vo, frontispiece, illustrations in text, original cloth, discoloured, rubbed at edges; Klinger, Leslie The annotated Sherlock Holmes. New York, 2005. 3 volumes, 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper, slipcase, a fine set; Ernst, Bernard & Carrington, Hereward Houdini and Conan Doyle, a story of a strange fellowship. London, 1933. 8vo, frontispiece, original red cloth, bubbled; Norden, Pierre Conan Doyle. London, 1966. 8vo, original green cloth, lacking dustwrapper; Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur Illustrated Sherlock Holmes. London, 2006. 4to, number 2022 of 10,000 copies, original green decorative cloth gilt; Baker Street Irregulars The adventure of the blue carbuncle. New York, 1948. 8vo, number 1470 of 1500 copies, original blue cloth, decorative slipcase, some slight rubbing to edges; Bell, H. W. Baker Street studies. London, 1934. 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, some chipping to edges; Boucher, Anthony The case of the Baker Street Irregulars. Cleveland, 1942. Tower Books edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, some tears to edges; and a large quantity of material by or about Conan Doyle, a large proportion relating to Sherlock Holmes (qty)
Fleming, Ian--Sir Fitzroy Maclean Bt Casino royale. 1953. First edition, first issue (without Sunday Times review), dust-jacket slightly frayed at extremities and lightly soiled; Live and let die. 1954. Second impression, dust-jacket slightly frayed at extremities and slightly soiled; Moonraker. 1955. First edition, dust-jacket very slightly frayed and very slightly soiled; Diamonds are forever. 1956. First edition, inscribed "Fitzroy Maclean" on endpaper; From Russia, with love. 1958. Fourth impression, inscribed "Fitzroy Maclean" on endpaper, dust-jacket slightly frayed at extremities; Dr. No. 1958. First edition, second impression, brown dancing lady on cover, dust-jacket slightly frayed at extremities and lower wrapper somewhat soiled; Goldfinger. 1959. First edition, second impression, dust-jacket very slightly frayed & with small biro scribble to lower wrapper; For your eyes only. 1960. First edition, dust-jacket very slightly rubbed at extremities and very slightly soiled; Thunderball, 1961. First edition, dust-jacket frayed at extremities and small stain to upper wrapper; The spy who loved me. 1962. First edition, dust-jacket with slight adhesion to upper wrapper and slight stain to lower; On Her Majesty's Secret Service. 1963. First edition, dust- jacket slightly discoloured at spine ends; You only live twice. 1964. First edition, dust-jacket slightly frayed at head of spine; The man with the golden gun. 1965. First edition, dust-jacket; Octopussy and the living daylights. 1966. First edition, dust-jacket; Amis, K. The James Bond dossier. 1965. First edition, dust-jacket Markham, R. Colonel Sun. 1968, dust-jacket slightly frayed at head of spine, four volumes with House of Commons headed paper signed by Sir Fitzroy Maclean Bt. loosely inserted Note: A fine collection of Ian Fleming's James Bond novels, from the library of Sir Fitzroy Maclean Bt, considered to be one of the main inspirations for the character of James Bond. With a collection of personal material relating to Sir Fitzroy Maclean Bt including photographs of Maclean with Tito, in a British military jeep and on horseback in Belgrade in 1944 and in the Western desert, four portrait photographs (including a duplicate of Maclean taken in Moscow in 1937), luggage tags, 1951 letter to Sir Fitzroy from a former German employee, visiting cards as Secretary at the British Embassy, Jonathan Cape's promotional leaflets for Eastern Approaches, A Person from England and Disputed Barricade, 2pp. autograph manuscript eulogizing the wartime qualities of the Yugoslavs ("I saw what great qualities you possessed during the war - courage, endurance, determination, independent mindedness, how you combined against a common enemy..."), headed stationery from the British Embassy and Legation, Belgrade, the War Office, the British Embassy, Paris, the House of Commons, a Christmas card from British Embassy, Moscow, signed by Maclean, and other papers. Most interesting perhaps is Fitzroy's passport [C63923], issued at Moscow on 1 June 1938, giving his residence as Moscow (British Embassy), with the manuscript note that it is valid for "British empire, all countries in Europe including Union of Soviet Socialist Republics & Turkey, China, Japan & all Countries in the Far East" with Iran and Iraq added in another hand. This was the passport, valid until 1 June 1943, that accompanied Maclean on his famous journeys in central Asia in 1938-39, and has entry and exit stamps for China, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Germany, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Poland, Estonia, France and Italy. Various models have been suggested as the prototype for modern fiction's most famous hero, and of them all Sir Fitzroy Maclean - diplomat, war hero, traveller, clan chieftain and outstanding public servant - is one of the most plausible. A personal friend of Ian Fleming and his brother Peter, Maclean went, like Fleming, to Eton College and came from an Anglo-Scottish background. In 1935 Maclean was Third Secretary at the British embassy at Paris before moving to the British embassy at Moscow where he witnessed the Soviet show trials which Fleming was then covering for Reuters news agency. Travelling with and without permits through Central Asia in the 1930's, as he described in his classic memoir, Eastern Approaches, the Soviets naturally assumed Fitzroy was a spy. Although Fitzroy later denied being a spy in the early 1950's, when the Cold War was at its height, he was asked by Stewart Menzies, head of SIS, to do a recce to gather more information about a possible Soviet invasion of Turkey via the Caucasus. He did so, being debriefed on his return by the double-agent Kim Philby - a classic Bond scenario! There were other incidents among Fitzroy's wartime exploits that were straight out of James Bond. One was the successful kidnapping at gunpoint of the Persian collaborator with the Nazis, General Zahidi. Another Bond-like episde had murkier associations. In 1943 Fitzroy was due to leave Cairo in a Liberator plane bound for London. At the last minute he received instructions to delay his departure. The Liberator mysteriously crashed into the sea off Gibraltar, killing all passengers. Among them was General Sikorski, leader of the Polish government-in-exile. Several theories have been put forward to explain this incident, including the infamous accusation that Churchill was responsible. But Fitzroy privately suspected Philby who was in the Spanish section of MI6 at the time. In the war Maclean quickly volunteered for and distinguished himself in the newly established S.A.S. in North Africa and in 1943 was chosen personally by Churchill to liase with Tito's partisans in Yugoslavia, an exceptionally dangerous mission behind enemy lines. Even though Maclean may not have thought of himself as a spy, and never really confirmed or denied the connection with 007 in his lifetime, he certainly had many connections with, and contacts in, British intelligence, and led an adventurous life full of intrepid exploits that provided plenty of inspiration for the character of James Bond.
Fleming, Ian You only live twice. London: J. Cape, 1964. First edition, dust-jacket very slightly soiled and very slightly rubbed at extremities; [Ibid.] Octopussy and the living daylights. London: J. Cape, 1966. First edition, dust- jacket faintly marked and with minute nick to upper edge (2)
Fleming, Ian Thunderball. London: J. Cape, 1961. First edition, dust-jacket price clipped, short tear to lower wrapper and very slightly frayed at extremities; [Ibid.] Goldfinger. London: J. Cape, 1959. First edition, dust-jacket frayed at head and tail of spine and somewhat soiled; [Ibid.] On Her Majesty's secret service. London: J. Cape, 1963. First edition, dust-jacket frayed and soiled, inscription to endpaper; and a copy of the fourth impression of On Her Majesty's secret service, with dust-jacket (4)
Fraser, George Macdonald Flashman. London, 1969. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth, dustwrapper, backstrip slightly faded, slight foxing to title page; Ibid. Flashman at the charge. London, 1973. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth, dustwrapper, some fading to backstrip, interior clean; Ibid. Flashman's lady. London, 1977. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth, dustwrapper, some fading to backstrip, interior clean; Ibid. Flashman and the Redskins. London, 1982. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth, dustwrapper, fading to backstrip, interior clean; Ibid. Flashman and the mountain of light. London, 1990. 8vo, original red cloth, dustwrapper (5)
Huxley, Aldous Brave new world. London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. First edition, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, dustwrapper, section lacking at head of backstrip [approx 2cm by 4cm, lacking "Brave New" from title], some other small tears to other edges, small ink inscription on front fixed endpaper
Peters, Ellis The virgin in the ice, 1982; An excellent mystery, 1985; The raven in the foregate, 1986; A rare Benedictine, 1988; The rose rent, 1986; The potter's field, 1989; The heretic's apprentice, 1989; The summer of the Danes, 1991; The holy thief, 1992; Brother Cadfael's penance, 1994; first editions, original cloth, dust-jackets
Poe, Edgar Allan The works. Philadelphia: George Barry, [c.1900] Library edition, 6 volumes, 8vo, limited to 250 copies on Japan paper, plates, original green morocco gilt, g.e.; Finden, E.W. Landscape illustrations of the novels of the author of Waverley. London: C. Tilt, 1833. 3 volumes, 8vo, engraved facsimile and 118 engraved plates, contemporary green calf gilt, spines gilt, morocco labels, g.e.; Bronte, Charlotte The professor. London: Smith Elder & Co., 1857. First edition, 2 volumes in one, 8vo, cloth, lacking half-titles, one marginal repair (10)
Shaw, George Bernard The complete plays. London: Constable, 1931. First edition, 8vo, presentation copy inscribed on half-title "To Margaret Lang, G. Bernard Shaw, 16 May 1931", original cloth, dust-jacket frayed; Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets. London: Bloomsbury, 1998. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket slightly frayed & lifted at head of spine (2)
Steinbeck, John The grapes of wrath. London: William Heinemann, 1939. First UK edition, 8vo, original blue cloth, purple dustwrapper, rubbed and chipped at edges, small tear to head of backstrip, some light spotting to front endpapers and page edges, single spots to half and full title; Ibid. Cup of gold. London, 1937. First UK edition, 8vo, original blue cloth, dustwrapper, foxed and faded, price clipped; Ibid. The wayward bus. London, 1947. First UK edition, 8vo, original red cloth, dustwrapper, torn at edges, rear board foxed, some foxing to page edges (3)
Macdonald, James Ramsay - Baillie George Kerr of Glasgow An archive of material relating to James Ramsay Macdonald and other members of the ILP, from the estate of Baillie George Kerr of Glasgow, including three autograph letters signed, the first dated 29 July 1922, "My dear Georgie. Before I settled down and Loch Katrine drifts behind, I must tell you how much I enjoyed the holiday you gave me and thank you and the "Big 'Un", as you most disrespectfully call her…" address stamps Lossiemouth, approx 11.5 by 18cm high; the second dated 2nd May 1923, "I am very sorry to hear of your troublesome insides, my tail went years ago and I have never missed it." Address stamped House of Commons, approx 18.5 by 24cm; the third dated 21 August 1925 "I was so glad to have time with you for a good talk. The outlook does not improve very much. I have rarely read a more blatantly mischievous speech than one delivered last week by one of you MP's whom we referred occasionally to" addressed Lossiemouth on Foreign Office paper, approx 12.5 by 18.5cm; Ibid. Three typed signed letters, including one dated 15th September 1937, "My Dear Geordie… I am mightily amused to see how the T.U.C. have at last discovered how right we were in our general outlook and the way the situation in 1931 was handled. In fact, the present position is both amusing and significant beyond words" Lossiemouth headed paper, 17.5 by 26.5cm; Ibid. Several items relating to Ramsay Macdonald's funeral at Westminster Abbey and Golders Green Crematorium in November 1937, including entry tickets, order of service and invitations; Ibid. A collection of newspaper photographs relating to Ramsay Macdonald, c.1930's, mainly from the Daily Record, Glasgow, including images of Joan Macdonald's wedding; Ibid. A collection of approx 13 photographs of a Macdonald family holiday to Loch Katrine, 1921, including view of the family aboard the Walter Scott steamer, another group with Macdonald playing bagpipes; Stewart, Alexander "Sacha" Three portrait photographs of Ramsay Macdonald and his family, c.1920's, 25 by 32.5cm, including a single portrait of Ramsay Macdonald, one of Ishbel Macdonald and a group shot of Macdonald and three of his children including Ishbel and Malcolm Macdonald; Glasier J. Bruce Four autograph letters signed from J. Bruce Glasier [one of the four main leaders of the ILP] all dated 1900; Glasier, Katherine Bruce Three autograph letters signed from Katherine Bruce Glaiser [a British socialist journalist, one of the first fifteen members of the ILP's national administrative council, 1893] dated 1900-1902; Beard, J. & Smith, Ethel An unsigned typed letter from J. Beard [President of the Transport & General Worker's Union] to Ethel Smith, undated, addressed Wyndale Avenue, London, 27 pages, outlining the 1931 collapse of the current Labour government and the formation of the "National Government"; The Clarion A collection of 8 group photographs showing the Clarion Fellowship and other Scottish socialists, c. 1900's, various sizes, including an image of the Clarion Van; Ibid. A collection of 12 picture postcards, c. 1900, including the Clarion Van, students at Ruskin College, early socialist meetings, etc; Scottish Politics - Black, W. Milne A collection of 14 original caricature pen and ink [two with watercolour] drawings of politicians and Glasgow office bearers, c. 1916-18, various sizes, including Baillie George Kerr, Baillie Hammy Broon, Baillie John Stewart, Sir Robert Graham, John Wheatley [Minister for Health in Macdonald's Labour Government in 1924]; Scottish Football Complimentary season ticket for The Clyde Football Club, 1923-24, in the name of Baillie George Kerr, original red cloth; Rangers Football Club A compliments card inscribed to Baillie George Kerr, 1936, "3 good rangers to another good ranger and his wife. With sincere good wishes for another twenty five years" signed by James Bowie [Director], R.G. Campbell [Director, and William Struth [Manager], with several other pieces of ephemera relating to Rangers Football Club, c. 1930's; TGWU A collection of material relating to the TGWU, dating from 1916-1942, including various letters, pamphlets and other ephemera; the remaining material in the archive include Glasgow music hall memorabilia & ephemera from the 1938 Empire exhibition. Note: James Ramsay Macdonald (1866-1937) was Prime Minister twice, the first occasion in 1924 when he became Britain's first Labour Prime Minister. Born in Lossiemouth, Morayshire, Macdonald moved to Bristol as a teenager and then to London in 1886. A growing interest in left-wing politics led him to become a member of Keir Hardie's Independent Labour Party in 1894, standing in both 1895 and 1900 only to be defeated on both occasions. In 1900 Macdonald became Secretary of the Labour Representation Committee, a position that would allow him to negotiate with the Liberal Party giving Labour its first breakthrough into the House of Commons. By 1906, the LRC, now just the "Labour Party", absorbed the ILP and 28 of its members were elected as MP's, with Macdonald becoming MP for Leicester.
Manuscripts--Sutton, D.C. Location register of English literary manuscripts and letters. 18-19th centuries. 1995. 2 volumes, 4to; Location register of twentieth-century English literary manuscripts and letters. 1998. 2 volumes, 4to.; Crum, M. First-line index of English poetry 1500-1800 in manuscripts of the Bodleian Library Oxford. Oxford, 1969. 2 volumes, 4to, dust-jackets; Beal, P. Index of English literary manuscripts, volume 1, parts 1 &2, 1980; volume 4, part 1 only, 1982, 4to; Roberts, J. & A. G. Watson. John Dee's library catalogue. 1990, 4to; British Museum. Report of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the constitution and government of the British Museum. 1850, 3 parts in 2 volumes, 4to, red half morocco (12)
Wordsworth, William The prelude. London: E. Moxon, 1850. First edition, 8vo, half-title, advertisement dated July 1850, later calf, endpaper loose, rubbed; Smith, Sidney Memoirs of Admiral Sir Sidney Smith. 1839, 2 volumes, 8vo, plates, contemporary half calf, spines gilt; Cockton, H. Stanley Thorn. London: R. Bentley, 1841. 3 volumes, 8vo, 15 etched plates by George Cruikshank, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, plates rather foxed; [Feltham, O. Resolves] [1661?] 4to, contemporary calf, lacking title, rubbed, lower cover detached; Heath, James A chronicle of the late intestine war. London: T. Basset, 1676. Second edition, 4to, engraved frontispiece, contemporary calf, title spotted and laid down, rebacked, worn; Landor, W.S. Imaginary conversations. London: Taylor & Hessey, 1824. 8vo, volumes 1-2 (of 3), half-titles, 19th century cloth, rubbed; and 8 others (18)
Audubon, John James The birds of America, from drawings made in the United States and their territories. New York and Philadelphia: J. J. Audubon and J.B. Chevalier (volumes I-V), 1840-42. New York and Philadelphia: J.J. Audubon (volumes VI-VII), 1843-44. First octavo edition bound from the original parts, 7 volumes, 8vo, 500 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates after John James Audubon by W.E. Hitchcock, R. Trembly and others, printed and coloured by J.T. Bowen, tissue guards throughout, wood-engraved illustrations, volume 1 with list of subscribers, volumes 2-7 with leaf of new subscribers, half-titles in volumes 1-6, contemporary green half calf, spines gilt, black morocco lettering and volume pieces, a few plates with very faint offsetting, a few plates very lightly spotted, occasional light spotting of text or tissue guards, plate 49 and pp. 245-6 volume VI bound upside down, plate 17 misnumbered 7, volume II page 71/72 and plate 102 with 1cm. marginal tear, slightly rubbed Note: A superb set of the first octavo edition of Audubon's ornithologial masterpiece and perhaps the most important American colour plate book of the 19th century. The plates, accompanied for the first time in this edition by the text, were reduced by camera lucida from the original Havell engravings for the double-elephant folio, and some of the backgrounds entirely changed or greatly modified. To the original plate count of the double-elephant folio, an extra 65 new images were added, making a total of 500 plates, making it "the most extensive color plate book produced in America up to that time" (Reese) and the "best of pre-Civil War American lithography" (Tyler). The text is a revision of the Ornithological Biography, rearranged according to Audubon's A synopsis of the birds of North America. (1839). Audubon writes in his introduction to this edition that it is his wish that a work similar to his large work should be published "at such a price, as would enable every student or lover of nature to place it in his library". The octavo Birds of America was originally issued in 100 parts, each containing five plates. Ayer/Zimmer 22; Bennett 5; Reese American Color Plate Books 34; Sabin 2364; cf. Tyler Audubon's Great National Work.
Koran--Qu'ran--Sale, George The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, translated into English immediately from the original Arabic.. by George Sale. London: J. Wilcox, 1734. 4to, folding engraved map, 3 folding engraved tables, 1 folding engraved plate of the Ka'aba, title printed in red and black, modern calf, spine gilt with raised bands, red morocco lettering piece Note: A very good copy of the first edition of Sale's translation which was not supplanted for 150 years.
Buckham, Captain Alfred Aerial view of Edinburgh, c. 1920, silver gelatine print, 45.5 by 37cm, pencil signature on mount, framed and glazed Note: Captain Alfred Buckham [1879 - 1956] began to produce aerial photographs in 1906. The premier aerial photographer of the period his work was exhibited across Europe and the United States throughout the early decades of the 20th century. Buckham would fly day after day. At the outset of the First World War he joined the Royal Naval Air Service and was placed in charge of aerial photography with the Grand Fleet. After nine crach landings Buckham was left with a throat injury resulting in the permanent insertion of a breathing tube. Ever the dare devil, Buckham ignored his doctor's advice and continued to fly, preferring to work out of an open cockpit, standing straight up, "one cannot get succesful photographs whilst sitting in the cockpit for one's arms would almost certainly come into contact with the vibrating side of the airplane." The particularly rough weather sought after by Buckham to achieve the required cloud formations made flying especially unstable, "it is an alarming experience to find yourself lolling over the side of an airplane while the landscape climbs up to the sky and the horizon loses its horizontality and endeavours to become vertical." Buckham's photographs are a marriage of art and technology, reflecting his passions for flying and nature. Expressive skies and brooding cloud formations add an atmospheric tension to Buckham's images, enlivened further by the addition, in the dark room, of modern engineering including bridges and aeroplanes. Aerial view of Edinburgh is a stunning example of Buckham's work. The expressive, voluminous clouds roll over a small, but still imposing, Edinburgh castle with a bi-plane hanging in the air like a toy. Exhibited: Views from above. NMS Museum of Flight, 2000.
Brunhoff, Jean de and Laurent de Histoire de Babar, ?1939. Later edition, listing 8 titles; Le voyage de Babar, ? 1939. Later edition, listing 8 titles; Le roi Babar, 1939. Later edition listing 7 titles; Les vacances de Babar, ?1936. Later edition listing 8 titles; Babar en famille, ?1938. Later edition, listing 8 titles; Pique-nique chez Babar, 1949. First French edition; Babar et ce coquin d'Arthur, 1946; Babar et le pere noel, 1941, all Paris: Hachette, folio, original cloth-backed boards, all with translated words pencilled in, all slightly dust-soiled and slightly rubbed, the last very soiled, all with ink inscriptions on front endpapers (7)
Dahl, Roald - Blake, Quentin The enormous crocodile. London, 1978. First edition, 4to, illustrated by Quentin Blake, original decorative boards; Blake, Quentin Mrs Armitage and the big wave. London, 1997. First edition, 4to, signed by the author on the title, original decorative boards; Thompson, Kay Eloise, a book for precocious grown ups. New York, 1955. Third impression, 4to, illustrated by Hilary Knight, original cream cloth, dustwrapper, some fading to backstrip, interior clean; Kumin, Maxine & Sexton, Anne Joey and the birthday present. New York, 1971. 4to, signed by the author, original boards, dustwrapper. (4)
Gill, Eric Art-nonsense and other essays. London: Cassell & Co, 1929. 8vo, vignette title, original blue cloth gilt, backstrip faded, interior clean; Ibid. Money and morals. London: Faber & Faber, 1934. First edition, 8vo, illustrated by Denis Tegetmeier, original red cloth gilt, dustwrapper, some light dustmarks [enclosed] ALS from R.G. Hague [of Hague & Gill Printers] regarding Morte D'Arthur volumes; Ibid. The engraved bookplates of Eric Gill. Pinner, 1986. 8vo, original red cloth, dustwrapper, a fine copy; Gill, Evan R. Bibliography of Eric Gill. London, 1953. 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper (4)
Bennett, Andrew The book of St. Andrews links. St. Andrews: J. & G. Innes, 1898. First edition, 8vo, coloured folding map with the original linen backing, 1 plate, illustrations, advertisement endpapers at beginning, 5pp. advertisements at end, original green wrappers, wrappers lightly dust-soiled, light spotting to map
Sassoon, Siegfried Memoirs of a fox-hunting man. London: Faber & Faber, 1929. 8vo, number 107 of 300 copies, signed by the author and illustrator William Nicholson, original vellum with red and black decoration, original illustrated dustwrapper, some fading to backstrip and rubbing to head of wrapper, interior very clean; Ibid. Memoirs of an infantry officer. London, 1931. First illustrated edition, 8vo, illustrated by Barnett Freedman, original decorative cloth, dustwrapper, title lacking from backstrip of wrapper and torn along upper hinge, interior clean and bright ; Blunden, Edmund Undertones of war. London, 1928. Second impression, 8vo, original blue cloth, dustwrapper [torn, lacking large section of backstrip] (3)
Symons, George James, editor The eruption of Krakatoa and subsequent phenomena. London: Trubner & Co., 1888. First edition, 4to, double-page chromolithographed frontispiece and 43 plates and charts, many folding, original cloth, one half of frontispiece loose and slightly frayed, very minor worming in fore-margin towards end, worn
Vambery, A. Travels in central Asia. London: J. Murray, 1864. 8vo, folding map, plates, quarter morocco with new marbled boards; Nordenskiold, A.E. The voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe. London: Macmillan, 1881. 3 volumes including atlas volume, 8vo, frontispieces, 10 folding maps, one in 2 sheets, illustrations, contemporary half calf, spines gilt; Greenwood, Lt. John Narrative of the late victorious campaign in Afghanistan. London: H. Colburn, 1844. 8vo, map and 5 plates, modern quarter morocco, spine gilt; Sale, F. A journal of the disasters in Afghanistan, 1841-42. 1843. First edition, 8vo, folding plan, original pink cloth, rebacked retaining original spine, cloth slightly discoloured; and 6 others, travel (12)
Boteler, Thomas Narrative of a voyage of discovery to Africa and Arabia, performed by His Majesty's ships Leven and Barracouta. London: R. Bentley, 1835. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 4 lithographed plates, original boards, contemporary half calf, rebacked, five preliminary leaves loose, rebacked, plates slightly spotted Provenance: The Cruising Association: small blindstamp on titles, bookplates, gilt stamp on upper covers, and number on spines
Hoskins, G.A. Travels in Ethiopia. London: Longman, Rees [&c.], 1835. First edition, 4to, lithographed frontispiece, folding map and 53 plates and plans (2 hand-coloured, 4 chromolithographed), some double-page, original cloth, paper label on spine, a few leaves with very minor worming in extreme lower margin, small library blindstamp on title, bookplate & number on spine, upper hinge split
India--Prinsep, G.A. An account of steam vessels and of proceedings connected with steam navigation in British India. Calcutta: Government Gazette Press, 1830. First edition, 4to, errata leaf, folding map, frontispiece, 17 plates, (three folding, 7 on india paper), contemporary half calf, a little light spotting, small library blindstamp on title, bookplate Provenance: The Cruising Association. Presentation inscription from Rear Adimiral Sir Edward Owen to Commander Hare, H.M.S. Satellite.
Perry, Commodore Matthew Calbraith Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan. Washington: A.O.P. Nicholson, 1856. First edition, volumes 1-2 (of 3), 4to, volume 1 with 5 maps and charts and 87 (of 89) lithographed plates, also without nude bathing plate; volume 2 with 4 tinted lithograph plates, 23 natural history plates, 16 metereological diagrams and 2 (? of 17) maps and charts, contemporary quarter brown morocco, some spotting and browning, small library blindstamp on titles, bookplates, and number on spines
Snow, W. Parker A two years' cruise off Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, Patagonia, and in the River Plate. London: Longmans, Brown, [&c.], 1857. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 3 folding charts and plans, 6 chromolithographed plates, half-title in volume 1, original cloth, frontispiece to volume 2 a little browned, bookplates, gilt stamp on upper covers & number on spines
United States--Semmes, Admiral Raphael Memoirs of service afloat during the war between the states. Baltimore: Kelly, Piet & Co., 1869. First edition, 8vo, engraved frontispiece and 8 chromolithographed or engraved plates, contemporary half calf, small blindstamp on title, bookplate, gilt stamp on upper board and number on spine, slightly rubbed
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