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Lot 846

Hessling (Egon & Waldemar). Alt-Paris, vol. 3 only (Baudenkamaler Der Hoch Und Spat-Renaissance), 1913, num. collotype plts., loosely contained in orig. printed portfolio with ties, folio, together with The Graphic Christmas Numbers, 1924-32 (so titled on spine), a bound vol. containing num. Christmas numbers with col. illusts. and ads. etc., later cloth, folio, and other miscellaneous large-format (2 cartons)

Lot 851

Dore (Gustave and Gerrold, Blanchard). London. A Pilgrimage, 1872, num. full-page wood-engs. but lacks frontis., a.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. cloth, spine recased, folio, together with The Art Journal, 1852 & 1876, num. steel-engs., some minor scattered spotting, a.e.g., contemp. non-matching plum half morocco, gilt-dec. spines, a little rubbed, 4to, and other miscellaneous antiquarian, etc. including many odd vols. of Household Words and All the Year Round (3 cartons)

Lot 856

Burgess (Renate). Portraits of Doctors & Scientists in the Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine (Museum Catalogue III), 1973, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in sl. chipped d.j., folio, together with Mapplethorpe (Robert), Pistils, Essay by John Ashbery, pub. Random House, New York, 1996, num. col. and b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j. and slipcase, 4to, with other miscellaneous books, mostly art reference, history and biographies, etc. (3 shelves)

Lot 860

Thomae Le Blanc. Psalmorum Davidicorum Analysis... , vols. 1 & 2 bound in 1, Coloniae Agrippinae, 1697, eng. frontis., titles printed in red and black, text browned, contemp. blind-stamped pigskin over wood boards, rubbed and somewhat soiled, clasps incomplete, thick folio, together with other antiquarian Continental theology, mostly 18th c., mostly vellum bound, folio & 4to (3 shelves)

Lot 866

Kipling (Rudyard). The Years Between, 1st ed., 1919, 32 pp. publisher’s catalogue at rear, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, with sl. soiled and chipped d.j., 8vo, together with Graves (Robert), Adam’s Rib and other anomalous Elements in the Hebrew Creation Myth, 1st ed., Trianon Press, 1955, wood-engs. by James Metcalf, orig. cloth in d.j. (d.j. worn on spine), folio, and other literature and science fiction etc., including paperbacks (3 shelves)

Lot 876

Burns (Robert). The Works of Robert Burns, with an Account of His Life, etc., by James Currie, with many Additions, Communicated by His Brother, Mr. Gilbert Burns, 4 vols., 8th ed., 1820, contemp. navy diced calf by F. Symons, Redruth, gilt-dec. spines, vols. 1 & 2 a little worn at head and foot, 8vo, together with Gregory (G.), A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 2 vols., 1806, eng. plts., some spotting and marginal browning, recent quarter calf gilt, thick 4to, plus The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 16 vols. (including 2 vols. Supplement), 1833-46, wood-engs. to text, contemp. half calf gilt, some wear, folio, and other miscellaneous antiquarian (3 shelves)

Lot 878

Meese (Jonathan). Mama Johnny, pub. Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, 2007, num. col. illusts. from photos, orig. laminated boards, folio, together with Martin Barré, pub. Galerie Daniel Buchholz, 2008, num. col. illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., square 4to, and other modern art, both hardback and softback publications, many in foreign language, all VG (3 shelves)

Lot 890

Paperbacks. A good collection of Penguins and Pelicans, comprising approx. 460 Pelicans, some with dust wrappers, plus Penguin Main Series, Specials, Illustrated Classics, Guides, Handbooks, King Penguins, boxed sets, 22 x Building of England series, and 12 x Pelican History of Art series, plus eight Folio Miniatures and a small quantity of Penguin-related ephemera, condition generally G/VG (7 shelves & 4 cartons)

Lot 895

Schoenbaum (S.). William Shakespeare. A Documentary Life, pub. The Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1975, port. frontis., num. b & w illusts. including folding facsimile documents, dec. endpapers, orig. cloth in d.j., folio, together with The Panmure Papers. Being a Selection from the Correspondence of Fox Maule, Second Baron Panmure, afterwards 11th Earl of Dalhousie, K.T., G.C.B., Edited Sir George Douglas, Bart., M.A., and Sir George Dalhousie Ramsay, 2 vols., 1908, photogravure frontis. to each, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. cloth gilt, faded on spine, 8vo, with other history and biographies, etc., mostly G/VG (6 shelves)

Lot 900

Coates (Rev. Charles). The History and Antiquities of Reading, 1st ed., 1802, large folding eng. plan, seven uncol. aquatint plts., correct as list, contemp. diced calf gilt, spine restored, 4to, together with Brindley (William and Weatherley, W. Samuel), Ancient Sepulchral Monuments... from Various Countries and from the Earliest Periods Down to the End of the Eighteenth Century, 1887, 212 uncol. plts. containing over 600 examples of sepulchral monuments, list of subscribers at rear, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and marked, folio, with other miscellaneous books, including history and literature, plus late 19th c. juvenile/illustrated books, a few antiquarian vols. and a painted papier-mache figure of Peter Rabbit (damaged) (6 shelves)

Lot 920

Miscellaneous books, including art reference, 29 bound vols. of the Book & Magazine Collector, Folio Society publications., etc. (9 shelves)

Lot 930

Sculpture. The Great Art of Antiquity from the Eighth Century B.C. to the Fifth Century A.D., by Philippe Bruneau, Mario Torelli, Xavier Barral i Altet, and others, 4 vols., pub. Taschen, 1991, num. col. and b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in slipcase, folio, with other art, architecture and photography reference, mostly recent publications, many in d.j., G/VG (6 shelves)

Lot 15259

A part album of nine Chinese 18th century flower watercolour Paintings, after Yun Shouping (1633-1690) and probably by Wang Wenzhi (1730-1802) each folio finely painted with a different specimen flower study including a water lily, a hydrangea, a peony, peach blossom, cherry blossom and an orchid, all with accompanying poems opposite red seals and signatures for Yun Shouping and inscriptions for Wang Wenzhi within pale blue silk borders. Accompanied by a note dated 18th May 1993 from the British Museum confirming the date of the watercolours to be 18th century. Provenance: From a private English collection acquired in the 1950`s Each image including the poem, 35cm x 29.5cm In good condition commensurate with age View on auctionatrium.com

Lot 3

[Combe (Taylor)] A Description of the Collection o large paper copy half-title engraved title vignette and 40 plates 2 double-page some foxing to plates heavier to last 3 contemporary half calf gilt spine in compartments rubbed and scuffed 1810; and a copy of the ordinary edition folio & 4to (2) *** Most of the collection was assembled by Charles Towneley which together with his marbles was bought by Parliament for the British Museum in 1805. (2)

Lot 5

Elias (Julius) Die Handzeichnungen Max Liebermanns one of 480 copies with 2 original etchings by Liebermann signed in pencil by the artist 93 tipped-in plates original half morocco joints split corners worn rubbed folio Berlin 1922.

Lot 17

Pope (Arthur Upham) and Phylis Ackerman editors. 6 vol. first editions plain and colour plates some double-page a few tipped-in as issued illustrations original blue buckram spines faded hinges pulling on vol.II minor spotting to extremities London & New York 1938-39; with 2 of the Asia Institute fascicles original wrappers folio (8)(8)

Lot 19

Richardson (Charles James) Observations on the Arc very large folding lithograph frontispiece on thin paper additional title in colours and gilt 57 plates 2 folding 1 colour frontispiece torn and repaired spotted and frayed some marking elsewhere bookplate of Robert Wight Cope-Cope contemporary half morocco gilt panel; on front cover little rubbed folio John Weale 1837 § Nesfield (W. Eden) Specimens of Medieval Architecture illustrated title 100 lithographed plates 1 chromolithograph title and next f. torn original pictorial cloth gilt worn backstrip misssing spine broken folio Day & Son 1862 § Kerr (Robert) The Gentleman`s House second edition 45 plates most folding original cloth rubbed and marked 8vo Murray 1865 § Jourdain (M.) English Interiors in Smaller House 1660-1830 new issue frontispiece plates illustrations spotting original cloth gilt worn dust-jacket 4to 1933 (4)

Lot 22

Strange (Edward F.) The Colour-Prints of Hiroshige first edition plates origina cloth a few marks dust-jacket torn with some loss to spine ends marked 1925 § Weis (Helmut) Ernst Fuchs Das Graphische Werk with an original folding etched plate by Fuchs signed in pencil by the artist plates original cloth dust-jacket cloth slip-case Munich 1967; and 3 others Art Reference 2 on Erté folio et infra (5)

Lot 32

Fletcher (William Younger) English Bookbindings in number 15 of 500 copies 66 chromolithographed plates paper guards some spotting mostly marginal heavier to endpapers original cloth spine faded corners a little frayed folio 1895.

Lot 35

Goldsmith (V. F.) A Short Title Catalogue of Frenc 7 parts original printed card wrappers 1969-1973 § Foxon (D. F.) English Verse 1701-1750 2 vol. dust-jackets 1975 § Pollard (A. W. & G. R. Redgrave) A Short-Title Catalogue of Books Printed in England Scotland & Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad 1475-1640 2 vol. dust-jackets 1986 § Crum (Margaret) First-Line Index of English Poetry 1500-1800..... 2 vol. dust-jackets 1969 § Croft (P. J. ) Autograph Poetry in the English Language 2 vol dust-jackets slipcase 1973 folio (15)

Lot 37

Hobson (G.D.) English Binding Before 1500 one of 500 copies 58 plates a little fraying to edges rubbed folio Cambridge 1929.

Lot 39

Morison (Stanley) John Fell: The University Press limited edition colour frontispiece plates and illustrations original buckram gilt dust-jacket edges a little browned Oxford At the Clarendon Press 1962; and 2 others including a Monotype Recorder Stanley Morison 1889-1967 and a prospectus for the first mentioned folio & 4to (3).(3)

Lot 46

Farrow (G.E.) Wallypug Tales. n.d.; The Wallypug at Play n.d. § Byron (May) & G.E.Farrow. Ruff & Reddy: The Fairy Guide illustrated by John Hassall London & Leeds n.d. colour illustrations those in the first two by Alan Wright some full-page rather browned the first with embossed ownership stamp to front free endpaper the second with book-label of Pamela & Raymond Lister original cloth-backed pictorial boards rubbed the last two rebacked folio (3) (3)

Lot 48

(Basil editor) The Shahnameh of Ferdowsi... An Al (Basil editor) The Shahnameh of Ferdowsi... An Album of Miniatures and Illuminations limited edition mounted colour plates original cloth faded at edges dust-jacket a little frayed at edges folio Tehran 1971.

Lot 49

Heath (Henry) The Caricaturist`s Scrap Book engraved throughout with etched title and 59 plates of numerous vignettes foxed title of `Omnium Gatherum` torn and slightly frayed at lower margin penultimate plate creased original green cloth title panel blocked in gilt on upper cover slightly rubbed at edges rebacked oblong folio Charles Tilt [1840]. *** Comprising: Omnium Gatherum (title and 7 plates) & Second Series (6 plates); The Art of Tormenting (title & 6 plates); Demonology & Witchcraft (6 plates); Old Ways and New Ways (title & 6 plates); Scenes in London (48 plates on 12 sheets); Sayings & Doings (6 plates); Nautical Dictionary (title & 6 plates).

Lot 59

[Swiss Costume]. plate vol. only 37 chromo-photogravure plates by Brunner & Hauser after R.Ganz lacking the text vol. contemporary brown half morocco gilt foot of spine chipped folio Zurich [c.1890].

Lot 62

Ovidius Naso (Publius) The Metamorphoses number 60 of 75 specially-bound copies with an extra suite of plates including 3 not used in the book from an edition limited to 200 title-vignette and plates by J.Yunge Bateman original tan morocco both covers with pictorial gilt claret morocco inlay by SangorskI &; Sutcliffe t.e.g. others uncut spine very slightly browned and rubbed at ends additional suite loose in cloth envelope together in cloth slip-case (rubbed at edges) small folio Golden Cockerel Press 1958.

Lot 72

[Rose (Thomas)] Picturesque Rambles... Westmorland 1 vol. only of 3 engraved title and 32 plates only contemporary half calf gilt rubbed n.d. [c. 1847]; and 9 others Topography and Illustrated including 1 vol. South London with Walter Besant`s bookplate 4to & folio (10).(10)

Lot 73

The Surrey Domesday 3 vol. comprising Introduction & Translation; Domesday Book Studies; Folios & Maps linen backed boards in matching slip case 1987-1989 plus matching sets for Kent Sussex (2) Wiltshire folio (15)

Lot 81

Bacle y Cia. Trages y Costumbres de la Provincia d facsimile of the 1833 edition 36 colour plates plates loose in 6 sets of wrappers all loose in paper folder water stained folio Buenos Aires 1947.

Lot 95

Caproni Guasti (Timina) and Achille Bertarelli. L` one of 600 copies 174 plates some colour original vellum-backed pictorial boards some light wear to edges a very good copy folio Milan 1938.

Lot 107

Topsell (Edward) The History of Four-footed Beasts whereunto is now added The Theatre of Insects by T. Muffet 3 parts in 1 vol. second edition revised corrected and inlarged by J[ohn] R[owland] half-title numerous woodcut illustrations one repeated on title B4 and B5 repaired at inner margin short tear in lower margin of M1 lower outer corner of Bb3 repaired small holes in Cc3 Rr6 Oo5 and 4U3 split in Hh4 and wormhole in 4P5-5D4 all slightly affecting text a few other short marginal tears the majority repaired contemporary rough calf repaired at top of spine with the bookplate and pencil annotations of Sidney Roscoe and three earlier labels [Wing G.624] folio E. Cotes 1658. *** Roscoe`s notes and markings were presumably made while researching the origin of the illustrations in Boreman`s Description of Three Hundred Beasts [Roscoe J41] about sixty of which are derived from those in Topsell`s natural history.

Lot 159

Plutarch. Vitæ Comparatæ illustrium Virorum Græco title and verso of final f. with woodcut printer`s device title lightly soiled some damp-staining or spotting some nibbling to lower corner mostly marginal a few creases pastedowns coming away contemporary vellum covers with blind-stamped centre-pieces foot of spine and corners worn soiled [Adams P1618] folio Basel apud Thomam Guariniana 1573.

Lot 160

Theophrastus. Graece & Latini Opera Omnia. Daniel first Heinsius edition title in red and black Greek and Latin text in double column title little frayed & marked light browning bookplate of Thomas Goodwin on verso of title stamp on title of College Library Carlow few early marginalia seventeenth-century calf gilt border on covers rules on spine little rubbed folio Leiden ex typographio Henrici ab Haestens 1613. *** Thomas Goodwin (1670-1729) Church of Ireland archbishop of Cashel. St Patrick`s College Carlow one Ireland`s oldest educational institutions founded in 1782 for the training of priests and lay people.

Lot 161

Bentivoglio (Guido Cardinal) Opere title in red and black and with woodcut ornament attractive woodcut head- and tail-pieces and intials with good margins upper corner of title repaired water-staining to upper margins contemporary vellum blind-stamped arabesque centre-pieces worn folio Venice no printer 1644.

Lot 164

(Emperor) Opera ... Omnia et S.Cyrili ... contra . (Emperor) Opera ... Omnia et S.Cyrili ... contra ... Iulianum libri decem half-title engraved additional pictorial title title in red and black with engraved printer`s device double column text in latin and Greek some browning and spotting contemporary vellum covers with blind-stamped arabesque centre-pieces soiled folio Leipzig 1696.

Lot 167

Chomel (Noel) Dictionnaire Oeconomique contenant edited by J.Marret 4 vol. including 2 vol. supplement third edition engraved frontispiece titles in red and black 11 engraved plates 1 folding 2 small ink stamps to each title contemoporary boards spines in compartments [Vicaire 172] folio Amsterdam Jean Covens & Corn. Mortier 1732-1740. *** An important domestic dictionary with much on food and drink agriculture and horticulture and hunting and with sections on bees falconry and horses.

Lot 179

Bythnerus (Victorinus) Lyra Prophertica Davidis Re title in red and black title browned and frayed and half loose little staining elsewhere manuscript Irish school prize inscription on rear endpapers contemporary panelled calf worn hinge cracked 4to Jacob Flesher 1664 § Fleetwood (William) A Compleat Collection of the Sermons Tracts and Pieces of all Kinds 2 pp. advertisments at end title creased bookplate of the earl of Roden free endpaper all but loose contemporary calf worn front cover damaged hinges cracked folio D. Midwinter [et al.] 1737 § Heath (Thomas) An Essay towards a New English Verrsion of the Book of Job free endpaper all but loose contemporary calf worn spine defective hinges cracked 4to A. Millar & S. Baker 1756 § Book of Common Prayer (The) lacks a1 upper corner of title and next f. defective title restored contemporary red straight-grain morocco gilt `J.ABBOTT` on upper cover little rubbed g.e. Cambridge J.Baskerville 1760 and 2 others religion 8vo (6).

Lot 189

[Barrow (John)] A New and Universal Dictionary of 61 engraved plates lacks the frontispiece margin of title restored little marking contemporary calf worn rebacked new enspapers folio John Hinton 1751.

Lot 232

(Sir David Lionel) Catalogue of the Library at Bro (Sir David Lionel) Catalogue of the Library at Broomhill Tunbridge Wells number 29 of 37 copies signed by the author 2 photographs (portrait of Salomon and a photograph of the library) half-title title a little foxed some staining in lower margins near end ink inscription by Salomons on fly-leaf: “A Souvenir to hand with her Father`s love October 1916” contemporary half morocco some staining g.e. folio 1916.

Lot 249

Boyle (Roger First Earl of Orrery) A Treatise of first edition frontispiece and 6 folding engraved plates small tear with loss to fore-edge of F2 some light damp-staining contemporary mottled calf joints cracked spine worn with small loss to head and tail contemporary inscription of previous owner with his armorial book-paste to front paste-down folio Henry Herringman 1677.(1)

Lot 16

* French National Aviation Days. Journees Nationales de l’Aviation, Vincennes, [19 & 20 mai], 1929, an album containing fifty-seven vintage b&w photos mounted upon twelve leaves, rectos only, showing aircraft, aerial views, formations, dignitaries and crowds, most images approx. 16 x 12.5cm and similar, entirely uncaptioned except first two photos identifying the pilots Detroye and Doret, orig. wrappers with title lettered in white to upper wrapper, large oblong folio (1)

Lot 18

* Italian Air Force - Felice Porro. An archive file from Caproni di Taliedo relating to Generale Felice Porro (born 1891), Commander of Squadra Aerea, c. 1920s/50s, a total of approx. eighty vintage b&w photos and sixty letters and documents tipped onto loose sheets, numerous signatures of Porro and other Italian aviation related personnel, many of the photos with captions to versos, plus some related news cuttings, etc., all mounted to rectos only, sheets loosely contained in archive folder, folio (1)

Lot 99

Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft, 1941, 1942, 1943-44, 1945-46, 1953-54, 1955-56, 1957-58, 1959-60, 1963-78, and 1979-2001, a total of forty-seven vols. including two duplicates, plus reprints of 1913 (2 copies) and 1919 editions, all ex-lib with ink stamps to titles, orig. cloth with sticky labels to spines, 30 vols. with d.j.s still present, library marks to foot of spines, some rubbing and soiling, folio (50)

Lot 127

Berget (Alphonse). La Route de l’Air, Aeronautique, Aviation, Paris, 1911, b&w plts. and illusts., orig. wrappers bound in, modern blue half morocco, folio, together with Lecornu (J.), La Navigation Aerienne, Histoire documentaire et anecdotique, Paris, 1903, numerous b&w illusts., contemp. dark green qtr. morocco, a little rubbed, folio, plus Fonvielle (W. de), Histoire de la Navigation Aerienne, 2nd ed., Paris, 1911, b&w wood eng. illusts., orig. printed wrappers bound-in, modern red cloth, 4to, and Sazerac de Forge (L.), La Conquete de l’Air, Paris/Nancy, 1907, b&w illusts., including some after photos, orig. printed wrappers bound in, modern half brown calf, large 8vo, plus three others similar (L’Aerophile, 10e Annee, nos. 1, 6, 10-11, 12e annee no. 10 & 13e annee, no. 11, January 1902-November 1905, bound in one vol., Capitaine Do, Le Ballon Libre, Paris, 1911, & Gaston Tissandier, Histoire de Mes Ascensions, 9th ed., n.d., c. 1900) (7)

Lot 148

Hildebrandt (Hans). Zeppelin-Denkmal fur das Deutsche Volk, Stuttgart, n.d., c. 1914, numerous b&w illusts., orig. gilt-dec. dark blue cloth, sl. rubbed, folio, together with Tilgenkamp (Erich), Schweizer Luftfahrt, Zurich, 1941/42, tipped-in col. plts., numerous b&w illusts., later half black morocco, folio, plus Nobile (Umberto), L’Italia al Polo Nord, 1st ed., 1930, b&w plts., folding map in pocket at rear, orig. printed wrappers bound in, modern maroon full morocco, large 8vo, and others related, on the history of early aviation and ballooning, mostly printed in German, some in French and Italian, including Reinhard Keimel, Osterreichs Luftfahrzeuge, Geschichte der Luftfahrt von den Anfangen bis Ende 1918, Graz, 1981, Herbert Silverer, Viertausend Kilometer im Ballon, Leipzig, n.d., c. 1905, Hans G. Knausel, LZ1, Der erste Zeppelin, Geschichte einer Idee 1874-1908, Bonn, 1985, etc., mostly 20th c. pubs., many in d.j.s, 4to/8vo (3 shelves)

Lot 160

* Aerial photography. Town & Country Planning, written and compiled by Rolf Hellberg F.R.I.B.A., December 1945, original illustrated typescript of an unpublished work laid out as a book, title and 64 pp., the majority of text pages consisting of two tight folio pages pasted side by side, plus a total of approx. 150 b&w photos, including mosaic pattern composite images pasted in with ink captions beneath, the majority of aerial photos, various sizes, including large format, plus a few reproductions of maps, plus tables, etc., contemp. cloth loose leaf binder, large long folio (39 x 54cm) Rolf Hellberg, a Coventry architect, who served as President of the Coventry and Warwickshire Society of Artists, from 1962 until 1981. The indexed photographic headings on the title page verso includes Obliques, Filters, Plotting, Shadows, Ports, Archaeology, Waterways, Forestry, War Damage and Reconstruction, etc., the official aerial photos used include photographs of Oxford, Raynes Park, Kinlochleven, Packham Harbour, Glass Houses in Holland, Canterbury, Leicester, Wesel, Darmstadt, City of London, etc. (1)

Lot 162

Italy. Notiziario di Aeronautica No.2, Agosto, 1923, Commissariato dell’ Aeronautica, 136pp., photographs captioned in manuscript, folding blue diagramatic plans of aircraft, technical drawings etc., typescript text, some spotting, original wrapper, light spots, folio. Provenance: Caproni Library (label to cover). (1)

Lot 165

* Baker (Captain Valentine Henry). “In Memory of a Fearless Pilot”, a rare brochure published as a tribute to Val. Baker, a director of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Co. Ltd, and former Chief Flying Instructor at Heston, killed in a flying accident on Sept. 2nd 1942, with dedication signed James Martin, 8 pp., 3 colour plates, oblong folio, orig. covers, cord bound, together with three R.A.F. ‘Red Arrows’ aerobatics team brochures, and a 50th anniversary of the de Havilland ‘Mosquito’ brochure plus five other commemorative brochures (10)

Lot 172

Bristol Type 164 ‘Brigand’. A scarce publicity brochure for this aircraft, 62 pp., photos after the original, technical details, 8 appendices, two fold-out line drawings, orig. covers, col. frontis., c. 1949, together with a ‘Bristol Sleeve-valve and Turbine engines’ brochure, 40 pp., English and French text, col. and b & w photos after the originals, col. technical drawings, colour reproduction of the ‘Brabazon’ after the original painting by Terence Cuneo dated January 1950, colour photo frontis. of coupled ‘Proteus’ test rig, orig. embossed cover, both oblong folio (2)

Lot 178

de Havilland Gazette, 51 orig. issues, June 1947-August 1961, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. printed wrappers, some a little rubbed, folio & 4to. Comprises issue numbers 39, 40, 42, 43, 45, 46, 60, 66, 67, 69-71, 74, 77-80, 87-92, 94-99, 102-109, 111-124 (plus duplicate number 87). (51)

Lot 179

Deutsche Lufthansa 1926-1936. 10 Jahre Deutsche Lufthansa 6 Januar 1926 - 6 Januar 1936. Ein Jahrzehnt! Mehr Nicht! Und Dennoch Mehr!, 96 pp. commemorative brochure with fine col. artwork throughout, orig. stiff wrappers, tied on spine with silk cord, minor soiling, slim folio (1)

Lot 180

Deutsche Lufthansa A.G. Streckenmappe. Zur Einsichtnahame fur unsre Fluggaste, [1936], printed index and twenty laminated coloured air route maps, some part-folding, orig. printed boards with vellum backstrip, oblong folio (1)

Lot 193

* Handley-Page Dart-Herald. A group of three brochures for the Military Transport and Military Trainer, Military Transport, and Close Support Military Transport versions of this aircraft, each containing full details, drawings, diagrams and specifications, pub. Handley-Page 1962, 50 pp./40 pp./68 pp., orig. covers, oblong folio (3)

Lot 194

* Hawker VC, DSO (Lanoe George, 1890-1916). A signed copy of No. 24 Squadron R.F.C. Operation Orders for July 20th 1916, typed in the field, July 1916, pilots’ names listed on left against morning and afternoon patrols in blue ink (by Hawker?), identifying names as self, Knight, Sibley, Wilson, and Wood, signed in pencil by Hawker as Commander lower right, a few minor spots and creases, one page, folio. Hawker from Longparish in Hampshire, was to become the first pilot to earn a VC for aerial combat. He was killed in a dogfight with the Red Baron on 23rd November 1916 and his autograph is thus very rare. (1)

Lot 216

Technical Manuals. A large collection of approx. 70 mostly A.P. Aviation Manuals, c. 1960s/1990s, numerous illusts. and diagrams, some occ. library markings, including ‘Restricted’ stamps, etc., linen backed printed boards, and ring binders, mostly 4to/folio. Titles include: Aircraft Pneumatic Equipment: Teddington Aircraft Controls, Rover Airborne Auxillary Power Plant, Mk.10201, Naval Aircraft Technical Instructions Book 1, Aircraft Hydraulic Equipment Dowty, Dunlop Spares Book No. 2, Connectors and Examinations: Identification, Tooling & Accessories, Technical Handbook for the Flyplane Predictor System Mark 5, vols. D & E, Dowty Rotol Maintenance Manual No. 847/1, Excaliber Airways Ltd Operations Manual vol. 5, and DC10 Operations Manual vol. 2. (approx. 70)

Lot 220

* WWI - Richthofen. A certified true copy of Captain A. R. Brown’s Combat Report claiming victory over Manfred von Richthofen, on 21st April 1918, the copy dated 9th June 1936, one typed page in which Roy Brown describes how he ‘dived on pure red triplane which was firing on Lieut. May. I got a long burst into him and he went down vertical and was observed to crash by Lieut. Mellersh and Lieut. May’, additional red typed note indicating that this is a certified true copy from the original extracted for permanent retention by the Squadron, signed by H. A. Jones [British Official Historian for The War in the Air], one page, folio. The dispute as to whether Roy Brown fired the shot that killed The Red Baron has raged for years. While a majority believe that he was not responsible for shooting down Richthofen’s triplane, the mythology over the death of the Red Baron makes this report an important historical document. (1)

Lot 225

Air Ministry “Lecture Notes for Pupil Pilots”. Publication No.1723, c. 1940s, folio-format loose-leaf pages, hard-covers cord-bound, copiously detailing comprehensive instructions for pilot training in the RAF, complete with fold-out cutaway diagrams for aircraft types etc. (1)

Lot 249

Percival Aircraft. A group of original promotional brochures and related ephemera, 1940s-1950, including “Prince”, Proctor” and “Merganser” types, fold-out and folio format catalogues, photo-illustrated with cutaway drawing and related specification sheets etc., some duplicated (13)

Lot 250

Percival Aircraft. A similar group of original promotional brochures and related ephemera, 1940s-1950, including “Prince”, Proctor” and “Merganser” types, fold-out and folio format catalogues, photo-illustrated with cutaway drawing and related specification sheets etc, some duplicated (13)

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