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Wren (Christopher) Parentalia: or Memoirs of the first edition frontispiece engraved dedication 3 portraits and 8 plates including one folding not called for lacking list of subscribers copy of a letter of Sir Christopher Wren in manuscript to font endpaper full dark brown morocco by J.Mackenzie gilt g.e. rubbed [Harris 949] folio 1750.

Bible English. The Holy Bible lacking list of subscribers occasional spotting some water-staining towards end contemporary calf richly gilt g.e. rubbed and slightly scuffed [Gaskell 26] folio Cambridge John Baskerville 1763.

Johnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Langu 2 vol. fifth edition titles in red and black modern quarter laveant morocco over marbled boards vellum-tipped corners folio 1784. ***The last edition to be printed in the author`s lifetime.

Bible English. The Holy Bible 6 vol. list of subscribers engraved dedication 70 plates after Fuseli William Hamilton and others engraved head- and tail-vignettes some foxing and browning throughout contemporary navy straight-grain morocco gilt inner gilt dentelles rubbed and scuffed some damage to a few headbands folio for Thomas Macklin by Thomas Bensley 1800. *** A handsome set.

Spielmann (M.H) British Portrait Painting... 2 vol. number 54 of 350 copies on Van Gelder paper titles printed in red and black plates with captioned tissue guards occasional foxing contemporary crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf gilt t.e.g. others uncut spines very slightly faded folio 1910.

Beckett (Samuel) Drunken Boat a translation of Arthur Rimbaud`s poem Le Bateau ivre limited edition marked `proof` and signed by Beckett printed in blue & black patterned endpapers original cloth folio Reading Whiteknights Press 1976. ***The limitation consists of 300 unsigned copies and 100 signed the latter in special bindings. This is presumably one of only a few for proof purposes and is in the standard cloth binding.

Christie (Agatha).- Adams (Tom) Commentary of Julian Symons. Introduction by John Fowles first edition signed by Tom Adams on half-title colour illustrations original boards dust-jacket folio 1981.

Pullman (Philip) A Outrance mohawk the “Mohawk” edition number 107 of 260 copies from an overall limitation of 315 signed by the author printed in red & black with additional woodcut title author`s portrait initials and 4 woodcut plates by Andy English Chris Daunt and Harry Brockway woodcut device on colophon original half cloth with marbled boards an excellent copy folio Oak Tree Fine Press Fyfield 2009.

World War I.- Your King and Country Need You Join the Army today 26 original pencil and/or pen & ink cartoon drawings mostly humorous or wry depictions of soldiers during the First World War including pictorial ms. title c. 180 x 215 mm. loosely mounted in modern morocco album oblong folio n.d.; with 3 other loose illustrations also by Allan v.s.

Dibbs (John M. and Holmes, Tony). Flying Legends. A Photographic Study of the Great Piston Combat Aircraft of WWII, 1st ed., 1996, 2 copies, each signed by the author on title, num. fine col. illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., oblong folio, together with Wynn (Kenneth G.), Men of the Battle of Britain. A Biographical Directory of “The Few”. The Pilots and Air Crew from throughout the British Empire and Her Allies, who Flew with the Royal Air Force, Fighter Command, Between July 10 and October 31, 1940, 60th Anniversary Edition, 1999, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in d.j., 4to, plus Hunt (Leslie), Twenty-One Squadrons. The History of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force: 1925-1957, 1st ed., 1972, author’s presentation copy, signed and inscribed on flyleaf, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in d.j., 8vo, and Beauman (Katharine Bentley), Partners in Blue. The Story of Women’s Service with the Royal Air Force, 1st ed., 1971, signed by the author on title, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in d.j., 8vo, and others of aviation interest, all ex-libris Peter Brothers, many with his ownership signature, some with author inscriptions, mostly G/VG (approx. 140)

Taylor (Robert, and others). The Air Combat Paintings of Robert Taylor, by Robert Weston and Robert Taylor, 1st ed., 1987, signed and inscribed on half-title by Johnnie Johnson, Geoffrey Page, General Adolf Galland and three others, num. col. and b & w illusts. from paintings and pencil drawings, together with Robert Taylor Air Combat Paintings, vol. 2, 1st ed., 1991, presentation copy from Robert Taylor to Peter Brothers, signed and inscribed on half-title, plus Robert Taylor Air Combat Paintings, vol. 5, 1st ed., 2005, presentation copy from Robert Taylor to Peter Brothers with original pencil sketch of a Hurricane on half-title, signed and inscribed by Taylor, with loosely inserted note “I”ve added this drawing of the Hurricane especially” all orig. boards in d.j., oblong folio (3)

Aeronautical Research Committee. Report on Puss Moth Accidents (Complete with Appendices), pub. H.M.S.O., 1937, b & w illusts. from photos, diags. to text, orig. linen-backed printed boards, minor wear to extremities, 4to, together with Air Planning in the County of Essex. Report Prepared on the Instructions of the Town and Country Planning Committee of the Essex County Council, by Norman & Dawbarn, April, 1936, 69 pp., maps and diags. to text, large folding map contained in rear pocket, orig. linen-backed printed boards, plus City of London Airport, Proposed Development of Land Purchased at Fairlop, Norman & Dawbarn, March 1939, thirty-six leaves of typescript and num. folding plans and diags. relating to a proposed scheme for a civil airport in Essex to replace Croydon, orig. linen-backed printed boards, some minor wear, folio, with Reports on the Accident to G-ALZU Ambassador (Elizabethan) at Munich, 6 February 1958, H.M.S.0., 1959-69, four reports into the accidents involving Manchester United Football Club, orig. printed wrappers, slim folio, and one other (8)

Aeroplane Spotter. A complete run of nine bound vols., 1941-48, [all pub.], b&w illusts. from photos throughout, volume title and contents leaves at front of each, some sl. browning, orig. qtr. cloth over boards, rubbed and sl. soiled, 4 vols. with spines bleached of orig. colour, folio, together with a box of over 2,500 aircraft spotting cards with photograph reproduction to front and printed details to verso, mostly late 1940s and 1950s, cards approx. 8 x 10cm and contained in a wooden box with sliding lid, plus Russell (D. A., ed.), Aircraft of the Fighting Powers, 6 vols., 1941-45, b&w illusts. including many from photos, some folding, commercial ads., orig. cloth, rubbed and partly faded, 4to, plus Flight & The Aircraft Engineer, vol. 11, January-June 1919, b&w illusts. from photos, lacks 27 leaves, modern buckram gilt, 4to, plus three aviation photograph albums and related books and manuals on aircraft identification, including 18 vols. of aircraft registers, pub. Air-Britain nos. 1-36 of Wreck Review and a run of Control Column, vols. 1 no. 2, vol. 20 no. 4, 1967, to mid 1980s (2 cartons)

Air Enthusiast, vols. 1-56, 1971-99, lacks vol. 55, colour and b&w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth in d.j.s, a few a little chipped or frayed, folio. From volume 7 the journal was retitled Air International. (55)

Flying, vol. III, nos. 50 - 74 (lacking nos. 60 & 75), vols. III-IV, nos. 76-101 (lacking nos. 97 & 98), Jan. 2-Dec. 25, 1918, together two vols., numerous b&w illusts., ads. etc., orig. printed wrappers bound in, (2 or 3 torn with some loss), several minor paper repairs, contemp. pale green cloth, lettered Air Corps Library to foot of each spine, rubbed and some marks, folio, together with Aviation and Aeronautical Engineering, vol. V, nos. 1-12, August 1 1918-January 15 1919, numerous b&w illusts. and ads. etc., orig. wrappers bound in, contemp. green cloth gilt, rubbed and some minor marks, folio. Sold as a periodical, not subject to return. (3)

Jane’s All The World’s Aircraft, 22 vols., 1936/77, numerous b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, first vol. ex-lib and lacking spine, many vols. with dates in white ink on spines, the final three vols. with d.j.s, plus reprints for the years 1913 and 1945-6, folio. This lot includes volumes for 1941, 1943 (x 2), 1945, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1957-64 (plus duplicate of 1963), 1969, 1975-77. (24)

Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft, 1941 (issued June, 1942), and 1943-44 (issued August, 1944, 2nd imp.), num. b & w illusts. from photos, commercial ads. at front, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed on spines, folio, with other miscellaneous aviation books and magazines etc., plus a few motor racing books, etc. (a carton)

Jane (Fred T., ed.). All The World’s Air-Ships (Flying Annual), 1909, with a Special Chapter on Aerial Engineering by Charles de Grave Sells, 1909, 374 pp. + single addenda leaf at end (sellotaped to inner margin), numerous b&w illusts., after photos, with oval library inkstamp to half-title of the King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor, endpapers renewed, orig. blue cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks, frayed to corners and extrems., oblong folio. The first annual issue of Jane’s Airships. Rare. (1)

Jane’s All The World’s Aircraft, 1918 & 1919, numerous b&w illusts., commerical ads. at front and rear, some soiling and marks to endpapers, orig. dark blue cloth, lettered in silver, rubbed and frayed with some wear to extrems., upper joint to first vol. partly cracked at foot, oblong folio. The 9th and 10th years of issue. (2)

Jones (Lloyd S.). U.S. Bombers B1-B70, Los Angeles, 1962, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in frayed d.j., small folio, together with Green (William), Famous Fighters of the Second World War, 1st and 2nd Series, New York & London, 1957-62, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j.s, the first vol. with sellotape repair at head of spine and d.j. torn with loss, both large 8vo, plus Juptner (Joseph P., ed.), U.S. Civil Aircraft, vols. 1-3, Aero Publishers, 1962-66, b&w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in rubbed and sl. frayed d.j.s, small folio, plus other miscellaneous avation interest (3 shelves)

Lange (Bruno). Das BŸch der Deutschen Luftfahrttechnik, Mainz, 1970, b&w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth gilt, small folio, together with Pilborough (Geoffrey D.), The History of the Royal Air Force Marine Craft 1918-86, 2 vols., 1st eds., 1986-87, together with The 200 Class Seaplane Tender and High Speed Launch 100 Appendices, b&w illusts. from photos, plus RAF Marinecraft Newsletter, nos. 1-15, 1960s (restricted), plus other mostly aviation technical handbooks and manuals, etc. (3 cartons)

March (Peter R., edit.). Brace by Wire to Fly by Wire, 75 Years of the Royal Air Force, Compiled to Commemorate the 75th anniversary of The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund, 1st ed., 1993, col. illusts. throughout, orig. cloth in d.j., oblong 4to, contained in orig. slipcase, together with Marshall (David & Harris, Bruce), Wild about Flying! Dreamers, Doers, and Daredevils, 1st ed., Firefly Books, Toronto, Canada, 2003, col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., oblong 4to, with Wall (Robert), Bristol Aircraft, A Pictorial History of British Achievement, reprinted, pub. Halsgrove, Tiverton, Devon, 2001, b & w illusts., orig. boards in d.j., folio, with Pereira (W.), RAF Lyneham, Hercules Super Station in Action, 1st ed., Foulis, 1990, col. and b & w illusts., orig. boards in d.j., 4to, plus other aviation related, including aircraft recognition books etc. (2 cartons)

McLean (Steven). The Spitfire in South African Air Force Service, 1st ed., pub. South Africa, 2001, coloured and b & w illustrations, original laminated boards, d.j., folio. Signed by the author, artist and thirty South African pilots who flew the Spitfire in SAAF service between 1942 and 1954. One of only two copies carrying all the signatures, the other belonging to the author. The lot sold with the original side-profile artwork of the eight Spitfire models in service between 1943 and 1953, original gouache on board, each approx. 23 x 41 cm. (9)

Projects. Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd. Armstrong Whitworth A.W.660 V.T.O.L. Conversion (Rolls-Royce RB.162 Lift Engines), c. 1960, Advanced Projects Group information and date brochure, stamped “Secret”, one b & w illust., various diags. and graphs, orig. boards with plastic ring spine, oblong 4to, together with Westland Aircraft Limited, Tilt Rotor Short Range V.T.O.L. Transport Aircraft, brochure no. 358, April 1966, b & w illusts., diags. and folding plans, orig. printed stiff wrappers with plastic ring spine, folio, plus Bristol Aircraft Ltd., Bristol Type 205 (for Bristol-Siddeley B.E.61 Engines). Descriptive Notes and Performance Data, February 1959, technical drawings and diags., some folding, orig. stiff wrappers with linen backstrip, 4to, and Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd. HBN100. Submission of a High Capacity Short-Haul Aircraft, vols. 1 (Summary), 2A, 2B, 2C (Main Submission) and vol. 3 (Appendices), 1966, together five loose leaf folders, Submission of a High-Capacity Short-Haul Aircraft, Joint Project by H.A.S. Breguet and Nord which became the Airbus A300, num. technical drawings and diags., many folding, vol. 1 bound in orig. printed wrappers with plastic ring spine, remainder orig. plastic ring files, 4to, with others similar (approx. 25)

Putnam Aeronautical Books. Vickers Aircraft Since 1908; Boeing Aircraft Since 1916; McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Since 1920, vol. 1 only; Supermarine Aircraft Since 1914; United States Aircraft Since 1911; Handley Page Aircraft Since 1907; Hawker Aircraft Since 1920; Boulton Paul Aircraft Since 1915; Bristol Aircraft Since 1910; De Havilland Aircraft Since 1909; Avro Aircraft Since 1908; together 11 vols., c. 1980s, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, VG, together with Hamlin (John F.), The De Havilland Dragon/Rapide Family, pub. Air-Britain, 2003, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. laminated pict. boards with matching d.j., folio, and other miscellaneous aviation (23)

Technical. Merlin 22, 23, 24, & 25 Maintenance Manual, Rolls Royce, Derby, n.d., b&w illusts., orig. printed wrappers with linen-backstrip, rubbed and soiled, folio, together with Instructions for the Installation, Operation and Maintenance of the Wright Double-Row Cyclone 14 Aircraft Engine, model GR-2600A, 2nd ed., Paterson, New Jersey, August 1940, b&w illusts. and folding plans at rear, orig. wrappers, rubbed, 4to, plus Armstrong Siddeley Handbook for the Operation and the Maintenance of the Cheetah X Aero Engine, Coventry, n.d., b&w illusts. and folding plans, sellotape repairs to hole punches, orig. cloth ring binder, rubbed, 8vo, plus a quantity of assorted technical aviation manuals and handbooks, mostly post-war (3 cartons)

Spitfire. Vickers Supermarine “Spitfire” is the Fastest Military Single-Engined Fighter in Service, June, 1939, original 32 pp. manufacturer’s brochure, stylishly produced in sepia and blue, text in English and French, orig. card covers, a little soiled, plastic spiral spine, oblong folio (22 x 35cm) (1)

Mitchell (R.J., 1895-1937). The original ten-year contract of employment between Supermarine Aviation Works Limited and Reginald Joseph Mitchell, “made the sixteenth day of December one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four” [really 1923?], 8 pp. typed document (4 pp. blank), signed by R.J. Mitchell and witnessed by J. Smith, Draughtsman, 3 Devenshire Road, Southampton, creased where previously folded, folio (39 x 25cm) An historically important aviation document. Mitchell joined the Supermarine Aviation Works at Woolston, Southampton, in 1917, as assistant to the owner Hubert Scott-Pain. Within a year he was promoted to the post of assistant to the works manager. In 1919, aged 24, Mitchell was appointed chief designer and in the following year he was made chief engineer. The ten year contract, commencing in 1923, signified his indispensibility to Supermarine, and a technical directorship followed in 1927. When Vickers acquired Supermarine a year later it was a condition of the purchase that Mitchell should be contractually bound to the company, without the option of terminating his service agreement until 1933. Mitchell was awarded the CBE in 1932 for his contribution to high-speed flight. (1)

* Airline memorabilia, 1950s-1980s. A large collection of memorabilia and ephemera relating to BOAC/BEA and other airlines compiled by a serving steward c. 1950s-1980s, mostly contained in two large folio albums, comprising advertising leaflets, brochures, tickets, passes and all types of promotional material etc., complemented by a two framed displays (4)

* Bader (Group Captain Sir Douglas, 1910-1982). An original pilot’s flying log book belonging to Douglas Bader, for the period 2nd June to 28th August 1945, containing over seventy entries in blue ink on eight pages (remainder unused), orig. light blue cloth, rubbed and some surface soiling, small 4to, together with a bound photocopy of Bader’s flying log book for the period November 1939 to 8th August 1941 [when he was shot down and captured], and June 1945 to May 1959, light blue cloth, a little rubbed, folio. An important document covering Bader’s first three months of flying at the Fighter Leader School in Tangmere, following his release from Colditz in April 1945. Bader’s wartime log book was presented to the Royal Air Force Museum at Hendon, with this photocopy as the pilot’s personal souvenir. The pilot’s log book for the months immediately following the end of the war contains entries for flights undertaken by Bader in the Spitfire Mk IX as Fighter Leader School exercises, aerobatics, test flights, etc. (2)

* Bristol Aeroplane Company. Sleeve-Valve Aero Engines, c. 1938, 24 pp. brochure with col. and b&w illusts., interleaved with French translation, orig. printed cream wrappers, together with “Bristol Aero Engines Around The World”, c. 1950, 56 pp. brochure, b&w illusts., many from orig. photos, text in English and French, orig. burgundy pictorial wrappers, both slightly rubbed and soiled, oblong folio (2)

* Bristol Aeroplane Company. Sleeve-Valve Aero Engines, c.1938, 39 pp. brochure with b&w and col. illusts. text in English and French, nine printed technical sheets loosely inserted in pocket at rear, orig. wrappers with Bristol logo onlaid to upper cover, together with a 27 pp. brochure with col. and b&w illusts., mostly from photos interleaved with French translation, nine sheets of graphs printed on card loosely inserted in pocket at rear, orig. gilt titled embossed wrappers, both slightly rubbed and soiled, oblong folio (2)

* Hunting-Percival Aircraft. A folio file, c. 1940s-1950s, including photographs, press-cuttings, sales brochures, literature and related ephemera covering introduction & history of early post-war military and civilian aircraft, including Provost, Jet-Provost, Proctor and Prince types etc., also with a signed autographed photograph of chief test-pilot Dick Wheldon, and a quantity of other professional studies by Charles E. Brown and Eric Bentley, mostly 8 x 10in (20 x 26cm), together with a group of early 20th c. aviation ephemera, including an aviator’s leather flying-helmet, c. 1918, together with a pair of cased field binoculars, a WWII trench-art representation of a Vickers Wellington Bomber, WWII gas-mask complete with cylinder, and sundry publications relating to the Battle of Britain (a carton)

Aston-Martin and Lagonda. A group of original sales brochures and leaflets, c. 1960s, including DB4 Vantage, DB5 Saloon & Convertible, 1963, and similar for 1964 Models, DB6 and DB6 Volante convertible, and Lagoonda “Rapide” brochure and press-pack folio, c. 1961 (6)

Helck (Peter). Great Auto Races, pub. Abrams, New York, 1975, coloured and b & w illustrations, original cloth, d.j., oblong folio, together with Toy Autos 1890-1939. The Peter Ottenheimer Collection, 1987, coloured illustrations, original cloth, price-clipped d.j., oblong 4to, plus Fantastic Ferraris, by Antoine Prunet & Peter Vann, 1988, coloured illustrations, original cloth, d.j., oblong folio, with three others including The Golden Age of Motoring, 1982 and Mercedes-Benz. The Art of Alan Fearnley, by Eric Dymock, 1990 (6)

* Montaut (Ernest, 1879-1909). 10 Ans de Courses. Les Marques Victorieuses 1897-1907, pub. Montaut-Mabileau et Cie, Paris, 1907, comprising a set of 30 fine hand-stencilled lithograph colour prints, each with captioned tissue guard, orig. hand-stencilled printed wrappers with cord tie to spine, oblong folio (21 x 35cm) A rare volume in remarkable “as new” condition. Arguably the best combined oeuvre of this renowned artist and illustrator of early motoring and aviation subjects. This his final published work before his untimely death at the age of only 31. (1)

Sales Brochures. A group of prestige and high-performance automobile sales literature including Ferrari F40, part-folio format complete with loose photographs & 40th Anniversary booklet to cover sleeve-pocket, also with Pagani Zonta C-12 Super-car glossy brochure, Aston-Martin DB9 comprehensive promotional sales catalogue (French text), Lancia Hyena Zagato, Mazda RX9 GT Coupe, Morgan full-range catalogue including Plus 8, Plus 4 and 4/4 models c. 1995, Mercedes-Benz 280SL Pagoda Roof models c1968, and Bentley owners Service and User handbook, for car F555 NFJ dated 1989, Ferrari Owners Manual (Clymer) c. 1959 and Ferrari 250GTO Berlinetta reprinted owners manual (10)

* HMS Lothian. An album containing approx. 200 b&w snapshots, c. 1944/45, seemingly compiled by Sergeant C. J. Martin, and containing snapshots of crew, the ship and places visited, including New York, Charleston, South Sea Islands and Australia, largely uncaptioned and corner-mounted as multiples to a page, the majority approx. 5 x 8cm but a small number larger, contemp. limp cloth, rubbed, oblong folio, together with a long eleven-page typed letter from Sergeant Martin aboard HMS Lothian dated 30th December 1944, giving an account of his recent adventures in New York and Panama, plus two further albums relating to Martin including Australian and Military interest, plus an assortment of ephemera, including some sports team photographs, several featuring Martin in RAF records, Gloucester AFC (a carton)

Clark (R.H.). An Historical Survey of Selected Great Western Stations, pub. Oxford, 1976, b & w illusts. and diags., orig. boards in d.j., folio, together with Russell (J.H.), A Pictorial Record of Great Western Absorbed Engines, pub. Oxford, 1978, b & w illusts. and diags., orig. boards in d.j., folio, and Nock (O.S.), The Great Western Railway in the Twentieth Century, 1st ed., 1964, col. frontis., b & w plts., orig. cloth in slightly torn d.j., 8vo, plus other related railway books (3 shelves)

Russell (J.H.). A Pictorial Record of Great Western Absorbed Engines, 1st ed., Oxford, 1978, b & w illusts., orig. boards in d.j., folio, together with A Pictorial Record of Great Western Engines, vol. 1, reprinted, Oxford, 1978, b & w illusts., orig. boards in d.j., folio, with Bucknall (J.B.), “An Age of Kings”, 1st ed., Bednall, Staffordshire, 1982, b & w illusts., orig. boards in d.j., large 4to, with Williams (Colin L.), Great Western Steam - Doubleheaded, 1st ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd., Truro, Cornwall, 1975, b & w illusts., orig. boards in d.j., small 4to, with Hounsell (Grenville R.), Great Western Steam - Preserved, 1st ed., D. Bradford Barton Ltd., Truro, Cornwall, 1975, b & w illusts., orig. boards in d.j., small 4to, plus other similar titles including many Bradford Barton publications (3 shelves)

Chichester (Henry Manners & George Burges-Short). The Records and Badges of Every Regiment and Corps in the British Army, 2nd ed., [1900], 24 coloured plates, extra-illustrated with approx. 60 coloured & b & w illustrations, some adhered to text or verso of plates, some loose, typed list of illustrations, original red cloth, a little rubbed and faded, 8vo, together with The New Army List, Exhibiting the Rank, Standing, and Various Services of Every Officer in the Army on Full Pay..., by H.G. Hart, 1839, some light spotting, contemporary half calf, rebacked, 8vo, plus The Administrative History of the Operations of 21 Army Group on the Continent of Europe 6 June 1944 - 8 May 1945, printed by BAOR, Germany, Nov. 1945, folding coloured maps, plans and charts at end (one torn with loss), bookplate, contemporary cloth, folio, with others including Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Question of Promotion and Retirement in the Higher Ranks of the Army, Commencing with the Rank of Major, 1858, A Collection of Warrants and Regulations, Issued to the Army on Matters of Finance, 1846 (14)

* Hawker Siddeley. A presentation photograph album presented to Frederick J. Davey on his retirement after 47 years’s service, November 1975, eighteen mounted b&w photos of aircraft including ten in flight, mounted to rectos only with small printed caption beneath, mostly approx. 19 x 24cm, orig. plain cloth with belt strap to spine, a little rubbed, oblong folio, together with unrelated ephemera, including a one page typed letter from Paddy Finucane referring to spotlights on Dam-busting Lancasters (10th December 1962) with a one-page Avro drawing, a two-page typed letter from Major General L. E. Beavis (17 January 1960) concerning the last stages of the flight of van Richtofen (for which he was a witness on the ground), a one-page typed document from Messerschmitt GmbH (20th May 1944) referring to Winklerturm, German air-raid shelters and their exposure to allied bombing, plus a collection of twenty-five colour plates of German aircraft from the official 1944 Luftwaffe calender (30)

* RAF Station Kohat. Two albums containing approx. 250 b&w photos on 37 leaves, early 1920s, many of British RAF personnel including motorbikes and trucks, a few signed by the subjects, plus photos of Indian soldiers, a small number of Indian architecture and Northwest Frontier views, plus approx. eight photos of aviation interest including plane wreckages (one identified as H-1512), a few photos captioned in the negatives, but the majority uncaptioned and unidentified, mostly postcard and smaller snapshot sizes, but including a few larger, printed menu for 28 Squadron Royal Air Force Kohat NW Frontier Christmas 1921 posted at rear of one volume, contemp. cloth/wrappers, sl. rubbed and soiled, both oblong folio. The RAF comssioned Kohat as an airfield for operational purposes in 1922 to meet the threat posed by tribesmen of the Northern and Western Frontiers of the Frontier Province. There were two further stations in the region, one in Peshawar, the other in Rasalpur. (2)

* RFC & RAF. A group of photographs 1917-1947, a collection of images & snapshots depicting the flying services in various arenas including Western Front, and Middle Eastern theatres, contained in an A4 album folio (approx. 35)

* Sopwith Aviation. A Sopwith Aviation archive photograph album relating to the Sopwith 8F.1 Snail, 1917-18, a total of sixty-eight b&w photos mounted on 36 leaves, the majority mounted as singles and back to back throughout, all captioned in the negatives, three with white ink captions, noting the start, rising and return of Commander Allan (first prototype, serial no. C4284), the subject matter including ten photos of both prototypes on the ground, four in flight, the remaining photos showing technical details, parts and aircraft construction, the smallest photos approx. 15 x 21cm but the majority approx. 24 x 29cm and similar, most tissue-guards present but now det., neatly captioned linen thumb markers to each leaf, some soiled or torn, a few mounts a little chipped, ownership signature of S. C. Goodenough [Contracts Manager] to front pastedown, contemp. half morocco over cloth boards, upper cover marked “Snail” and paper label numbered 5 to spine, some soiling and wear, oblong folio. The Sopwith 8F.1 Snail was a prototype British fighter aircraft which was abandoned due to an unreliable engine. It was designed by Herbert Smith as a small single-bay biplane, powered by a 170hp ABC wasp radial engine. The initial order for six prototypes was revised in November 1917 for two aircraft with a plywood monocoque fuselage. Both prototypes (serial nos. C4284 and C4288) are featured in this album and both were sent to Martlesham Heath for official testing in May 1918. Due to poor handling at low speed it was abandoned and the two complete prototypes were broken up for firewood in November 1919. (1)

* Sopwith Aviation. A Sopwith Aviation archive photograph album of archive b&w photos for the Dove, Gnu, Antelope, Rainbow, and the Sopwith Schneider 1919 Seaplane, all c. 1919, containing fifty-four photos relating to the Dove biplane on 17 leaves, these including thirty-one photos of flight testing, seven photos of the aircraft on the ground and thirteen technical photos, followed by twenty-one photographs relating to the Gnu on 12 leaves, these including eleven relating to flight tests and ten with technical details, followed by one photograph of the Antelope transport aircraft on the ground and six related technial photos, on 3 leaves, one photograph of the Sopwith Rainbow on the ground, forty-six photos relating to the 1919 Schneider Cup including two photos of the aircraft on the ground, eight technical photos, thirteen flight testing photos and twenty-three related photos relating to the race and testing, some showing figures and crowds, the majority captioned and some dated in the negative, the larger images approx. 22 x 29cm and similar, the smaller (mostly flight testing and Schneider Trophy crowd scenes) largely approx. 8.5 x 13cm and similar, and mounted as multiples to a page, tissue guards largely det. and some now missing, contemp. half morocco over cloth boards, with manuscript paper label to upper cover marked Book 7, some wear, oblong folio (1)

* Sopwith Aviation. A Sopwith Aviation Archive photograph album relating to the Sopwith Wallaby biplane, 1919-20, photographic map frontis. showing the proposed route from St. Johns, Newfoundland to Brooklands, London, six photos of the Wallaby on the ground, twenty technical photos, mostly approx. 24 x 29cm and similar, mounted one to a page with printed captions in the negative, plus a further thirty-four smaller format images showing flight tests, figures and three of wreckage, mostly numbered and captioned in the negative, approx. 8 x 13cm and similar, some mounts chipped and damaged, not affecting photos, tissue guards det., and some def., ownership signature of S. C. Goodenough [Contracts Manager], to front pastedown, contemp. half morocco over cloth boards, with manuscript paper label marked Book 6 now det. from upper cover, worn, oblong folio. The Wallaby registered G-EAKS was designed to compete in an Australian Government prize for an England to Australia flight. It departed Hounslow on 21 October 1919 and on 17 April 1920 it crashed on the Island of Bali, from where it was shipped to Australia and rebuilt as an 8-seater transport. (1)

* Sopwith Aviation. A Sopwith Aviation archive photograph album relating to the Snapper, Snark, Cobham triplane and Grasshopper, c. 1919-20, the majority of photos larger format (approx. 24 x 29cm and similar), with printed captions in the negative and mounted one to a page, including six technical photos of the Snapper biplane (and one smaller image of the aircraft in flight), two photos of the Snark triplane on the ground, plus five related technical photos, three photos of the Cobham triplane bomber on the ground, twenty-two related technical photos, two photos showing the aircraft inside the factory and two smaller photos of the aircraft in flight, plus two photos of the Grasshopper biplane on the ground with five related technical photos, tissue guards largely det. and some def., mounts somewhat brittled and a few chipped, ownership signature of S. C. Goodenough [Contracts Manager] to front pastedown, contemp. half morocco over cloth boards with manuscript title label to upper cover, marked Book 8, some wear, oblong folio (1)

Clarendon, Edward. The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor of England,and Chancellor of the University of Oxford. . . . Written by Himself. . . . Folio, Oxford, 1759. Engraved portrait frontispiece, heavily offset on to the title page, text generally clean. Contemporary full diced calf binding, slightly rubbed, front board with some faded discolouration.

Milton, John. The Paradise Lost of Milton. With Illustrations by John Martin. Small folio, Henry Washbourne & Co. 1858 [The third Washbourne edition]. 24 mezzotint plates by John Martin. All pales present but some wrongly placed, the first leaf of text and the list of illustrations, some scattered foxing. A couple of the plates with ragged edges and a few with minor marginal dampstaining. The book has a sometime suffered from a bad rebacking. Full contemporary panelled calf, rubbed and worn, all edges gilt and gophered.

Voragine, Jacobus de. The Golden Legend. 1507. 403 leaves (of 406?) lacking 1Y4,Y5 & 3D (black letter) 8, folio 382. 87 woodcuts in the text and numerous woodcut initial letters. Contemporary ink marginalia, some ink underlining. Some minor worming. The first 5 leaves and the last 6 leaves re-margined, a few other leaves with missing corners, some with replaced corners and a couple with minor tears. The colophon leaf trimmed and laid down. Collation: The signatures are in eights lettered: 1a-i; k-t; v, x, y, z; 2A-I, K-U,X,Y,Z; [Black letter] 3A-E(vi). Lacking 1y4-5, 3Dviii and Evii & viii (?). Nineteenth century full calf binding, rubbed and worn, the joints starting. * This appears to be the only surviving copy with the following last lines in the printed colophon “. . . Whiche werke was fynyffhed the fourth daye of Septembre. The yere of our lorde M. CCCCC. & vii. / Emprynted at Londõ in Fletestrete in the Sygne of the sonne. ByWynkyn de Worde. ” This leaf also has De Worde’s device printed on it. In the copies held in the Guildhall Library in London and at Lambeth Palace Library the colophon has Pynson’s device and the final line reads: “Emprynted at Londõ in Fletestrete in the Sygne of the George. ByRycharde Pynson. ” Hodnett (1973, p. 21) states “Two books make 1507 notable. In that year De Worde and Pynson turned from rivalry to co-operation and brought out jointly new editions of the Legend aurea on 4 Sept. and, sometime after 13 Sept. , the Boke named the Royall. Though Pynson’s name and dev ce are in the only perfect copy of the former, the one at Lambeth, and in some copies of the latter, the type in both instances is De Worde’s. All the cuts in the Royal Book are his, and . . . so are all but five of the seventy cuts in the Legend aurea. ” Maitland (1843) gives a full description of the Lambeth copy (pp. 77-78) and adds a foot note (note T pp. 365-367) where after stating that “. . . I may be exposing my ignorance by speaking of this work as unknown. The truth is, however, that I have not found any notice of it;” He then compares it to the 1527 edition. The number of known copies has (with this copy) been extended from seven to eight. The other seven being held as follows, two in London in the Guildhall and Lambeth Palace Libraries, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Harvard, Princeton and a copy that was sold in Christie’s (London) in 2008. The Lambeth copy (which contains 466 leaves including a woodcut frontispiece, a table of contents to the Golden Legend and a final colophon leaf) is generally accepted to be the “only possibly complete copy” (Farrell 2006, p. 483). The first sixty leaves commence with a life of Adam and Eve and it has a “Folio primo” first leaf. These sixty leaves are lacking in the Cambridge, Edinburgh, Harvard and Princeton copies and Farrell suggests that “perhaps (they) were never issued in some copies. ” That they were never issued with this copy is partially evidenced by the condition of the first and last few leaves which were, prior to the nineteenth century binding and repairs never part of a larger work. Only the two copies held in London have colophon leaves and both of them have Pynson’s name. The copy offered for sale here commences on a. 1. with a running title “Thadvent of our Lorde. Folio primo. ” With the lacking leaves this would give a total of 406 leaves. The distressed states of the other remaining copies (all of which are lacking their colophon leaves) would make this the most complete copy of this (variant) issue of the book. Whether this is the first or second issue or simply a “rogue” issue printed by De Worde must, at the present time, remain a matter for speculation. Farrell (1966). Farrell, Mark R. In Princeton University Library Chronicle Volume LXVII, Number 2,Winter 2006. Hodnett (1973). Hodnett, Edward. English Woodcuts 1480-1535. Oxford, 1973. Maitland (1843). Maitland, S. R. A List of Some of the Early Printed Books in the Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth. 1843.

Anon. General Description of the Kanto Earthquake and Fire. Three Parts all with their original printed wrappers entitled Earthquake Pictorial Edition. Part One [Two & Three]. Oblong small folio, Osaka, n. d. [1923]. All wrappers slightly grubby. Together with a biography of Prince Ito by Kengi Hamada, 1936. In the original cloth binding and slightly chipped dust wrapper. (4).

[Charles I. ]. The Works of King Charles I. Both Civil and Sacred. With The Life and Reign of That Prince. Small folio, 1735. Title page printed in red and black, some staining to the lower edge. Contemporary full calf binding, rubbed and worn.

Frith, Francis. Egypt and Palestine Photographed and Described. 2 volumes, folio, n. d. [1863]. 76 albumen photographs, all dated 1857, each approximately 6. 5in x 9in. Both volumes with some foxing, the second volume with some dampstaining to the margins of a few leaves. Contemporary half morocco bindings rubbed and worn. (2).

Hutchins, John. The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset: . . . The Third Edition, Corrected, Augmented, and Improved by William Shipp and James Whitworth Hodson. 4 volumes, folio,Westminster, 1861-1870. Engraved plates and numerous pedigrees. Some scattered marginal foxing. Contemporary half roan binding, rubbed and worn. (4).

Nakamura, Dr. Koya. [Comp. ]. Admiral Togo A Memoir. Small folio, The Togo Gensui Hensanki. Tokyo, 1934. Coloured and black and white photographic plates. Original decorated marble boards with gilt decoration and lettering, the remains of the dust wrapper loosely inserted.

Norden, Frederick Lewis. Travels in Egypt and Nubia. Translated from th Original . . . and Enlarged with observations from ancient and modern authors, that have written on the antiquities of Egypt by Dr. Peter Templeman. Two volumes (in one). Atlas folio, 1757. 2 engraved frontispieces and 159 engraved plates,maps and plans ( called for, on 162 leaves, plates 17, 23, 27,67 and 108 on two leaves each, 140 and 141 and 142 and 143 both numbered on single leaves); engraved head and tail pieces. Some offsetting and light foxing to the first few leaves and some light staining to the margins of the frontispiece to the first volume. Disbound.

Simpson,William. The Seat of War in the East. First [and Second] Series. Large folio, 1855-1856. Two lithographed title-pages and 78 lithographed plates, all tissues present. Some foxing. Contemporary half calf bindings, gilt, the bindings rubbed and worn, both volumes with the hinges starting. A section of the spine of the first volume, some two and one half inches, missing from the top of the spine has been loosely inserted inside the book. (2).

Gerarde, John. The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. Gathered by John Gerarde . . . Very much Enlarged and Amended by Thomas Johnson . . . Folio, 1633. Engraved title page, title page, prelims and first 13 pages affected by worming with some slight loss to the text. The beginning of the book with some dampstaining,some scattered spotting, offsetting and dampstaining throughout the work. Contemporary full calf binding, rubbed and worn, the hinges cracking.

[Allen, Robert]. The Doctrine of the Gospel. By a Plaine and Familiar Interpretation of the Particular points of Articles thereof: . . . Small folio, London, Printed by Thomas Creede, 1606. Some minor dampstaining to the lower margin of some leaves. Contemporary full calf binding with a gilt device and the initials H. M. On both covers, the binding rubbed and worn.