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Scolar Press. Jacobus de Cessolis, The Game of Chess, translated and printed by William Caxton, c.1483, reproduced in facsimile from the copy at Trinity College, Cambridge, with an introduction by N.F. Blake, 1976, b & w illusts., untrimmed, orig. full morocco, tooled in black, by The Eddington Bindery, contained in orig. cloth slipcase, sm. folio Limited edition, 43/50 copies, printed on hand-made paper and specially bound (of a total edition of 500 copies). (1)

Riall (Richard). A New Bibliography of Arthur Rackham, Ross Press, Bath, 1994, b & w port. frontis., col. plts., b & w letterpress illusts., orig. gilt dec. blue cloth, sm. folio, together with Coykendall (Frederick), Arthur Rackham, A List of Books Illustrated by Him, with Introductory Note by Martin Birnbaum, privately printed, 1922, b & w port. frontis., neat ms. inscription to front free endpaper 'To Lester amico amanter Martin' with stick figure playing a violin beneath, untrimmed, orig. japanese vellum gilt, spine ends. sl. rubbed, minor marginal browning to covers, slim 8vo, (limited to 175 copies), plus Latimore (Sarah Briggs, and Haskell, Grace Clark), Arthur Rackham, A Bibliography, Suttonhouse, Los Angeles, 1936, col. frontis., b & w plts., rough-trimmed, orig. cloth-backed patterned boards gilt, spine faded, in matching board slipcase, 8vo, plus Hudson (Derek), Arthur Rackham, His Life and Work, William Heinemann, 1960, tipped-in col. and b & w plts., letterpress illusts., patterned endpapers, orig. cloth in dusty d.j., with some chipping and edge-tears, 4to (4)

Bakst (Leon). The Designs of Leon Bakst for The Sleeping Princess, a Ballet in Five Acts after Perrault, Music by Tchaikovsky, pub. Benn Brothers, 1923, preface by André Levinson, portrait of Bakst after Picasso, fifty-four mounted col. illusts., correct as list, with captioned tissue guards, lightly browned throughout, endpapers sl. foxed and dusty, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, qtr. vellum gilt, extrems. rubbed and corners showing, spine soiled, cloth covers with marginal dust-soiling, upper cover sl. bowed, folio Limited edition 29/1000. (1)

Bawden (Edward). Edward Bawden, War Artist, and his Letters Home, 1940-45, edited Ruari McLean, Scolar Press, 1989, two copies, num. col. and b & w illusts., double-page map, orig. boards in d.j., 4to, together with Bliss (Douglas Percy), Edward Bawden, Pendomer Press, [1980], num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., folio, plus Patchwork Quilt. Poems by Decimus Magnus Ausonius, Done into English by Jack Lindsay, pub. Fanfrolico Press, [1930], b & w illusts. from drawings by Edward Bawden, orig. cloth, slim 8vo (limited edition 198/400), together with others by/about Bawden (17)

Beerbohm (Max). A Survey, 1st ed., Heinemann, 1921, ltd. ed. 235/275 signed by the author, fifty-two tipped in plts. with captioned tissue guards, a.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, 4to, together with Heroes and Heroines of Bitter Sweet, 1st ed., Leadlay, 1931, ltd. ed. 606/900, five tipped-in col. plts. and accompanying note, loose as issued in pubs. orig. qtr. vellum portfolio, folio, plus The Dreadful Dragon of Hay Hill, 1st ed., Heinemann, 1928, col. frontis., orig. cloth in d.j., sl. chipped at head of spine, and one other by Beerbohm (4)

Clarke (Harry, illust.). The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, 1st ed., Harrap, 1922, twenty-four full-page col. and b & w illusts., orig. gilt dec. cloth, a little rubbed, 4to, together with Moffat (Alfred), Little Songs of Long Ago, Illustrated by H. Willebeek Le Mair, 1912 [or later], col. illusts., orig. cloth, lettered in gilt, oval pict. panel to upper cover, a little rubbed and soiled, plus Stevenson (Robert Louis), A Child's Garden of Verses, Illustrated by H. Willebeek Le Mair, 1st ed., 1931, twelve full-page col. plts., orig. linen-backed pict. boards, a little rubbed, oblong folio, and Aldin (Cecil), Farmyard Puppies, [1914], twelve full-page col. plts., title and final leaf of text somewhat browned, orig. linen-backed pict. boards, worn on spine, square 4to, and five others (9)

Crombie (Charles). Simple Simon and his Friends, [1906], twelve chromo. plates, advert. leaf to rear, orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards, sl. rubbed, oblong folio (1)

[Kubasta, Voitech, illust.], A Christmas Tale, [drop-title], pub. Bancroft, c.1950s, 8pp. of text, with large col. pop-up at rear, depicting a busy, snowy nativity scene with shepherds, angels, and children, stapled text becoming detached, orig. cloth-backed col. pictorial card wrappers, a few minor marks, folio, together with Easter, [drop-title], pub. Bancroft, c.1950s, 8pp. of text, with large col. pop-up at rear, depicting rabbits, chicks, frogs, etc., painting eggs and frolicking, with one moving part, orig. cloth-backed col. pictorial card wrappers, folio, plus Gulliver in Brobdingnag, [so-titled on cover], pub. Bancroft. c.1960s, col. illusts. throughout, incl. small pop-up at front, and large double-page pop-up at rear, orig. cloth-backed col. pictorial boards, upper cover dust-soiled, and with oval window cut out to show part of pop-up behind, folio All three books with pop-ups intact and complete. (3)

Lewis (John). John Nash, the Painter as Illustrator, Pendomer Press, 1978, foreword by Wilfrid Blunt, num. b & w illusts. to text plus a portfolio of six wood engs. printed from the orig. blocks by the Rampant Lions Press, t.e.g., orig. quarter morocco gilt with slipcase, 4to (limited edition 112/150, signed by the author), together with Greenwood (Jeremy), The Wood-Engravings of John Nash, pub. Wood Lea Press, 1987, and The Wood-Engravings of Paul Nash, pub. Wood Lea Press, 1997, port. frontis. to each, num. b & w illusts. and a few tipped-in col. plts., orig. linen-backed printed boards with slipcase, folio (one of 750/490 standard edition copies respectively), with others by/about John and Paul Nash (approx. 30)

Rackham (Arthur, illust). Printer's progress proofs, c.1910, progress proofs in several different states, approx. 100, mostly for 'The Peter Pan Portfolio' (pub. 1912), some with pencil annotations in Rackham's hand, and with his initials, some creasing, staining, and tears, contained loose in large modern portfolio, folio (1)

Ravilious (Eric). Ravilious & Wedgwood. The Complete Wedgwood Designs of Eric Ravilious, 1st ed., Dalrymple Press, 1986, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., slim 4to, together with The Wood Engravings of Tirzah Ravilious, Compiled by Anne Ullmann, with Recollections by Henry Swanzy and Robert Harling, 1st ed., pub. Gordon Fraser, 1987, port. frontis., b & w illusts., orig. plain wrappers with printed d.j., slim folio (limited edition 159/1000), plus British Art. Six Broadcasts by R.M.Y. Gleadowe (Art Master at Winchester College and late Slade Professor of Fine Art at Oxford), pub. British Broadcasting Corporation, 1934, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards with black and white design by Eric Ravilious, plus another copy bound in matching printed paper wrappers, slim 4to, and other books and pamphlets by/about or with contributions by Eric Ravilious (17)

Robinson (W. Heath, illust.). A Song of the English, by Rudyard Kipling, Hodder & Stoughton, c.1909, fifteen tipped-in col. plts., frontis. with ms. inscription on reverse, b & w illusts. to text, orig blue cloth blocked in green and lettered in gilt, some sl. rubbing to extrems., gilt to spine dulled, and a few sl. marks to upper cover, 4to, together with Shakepeare's Comedy of A Midsummer-Night's Dream, Constable, 1914, twelve tipped-in col. plts., full-page b & w letterpress illusts., scattered light foxing, hinges split, rear free endpaper browned, rough-trimmed, orig. dec. cloth, extrems. rubbed, spine faded and with sl. loss at foot, a few minor marks to covers, sm. folio, plus The Water-Babies, A Fairy-Tale for a Land-Baby, by Charles Kingsley, Constable, 1915, eight col. plts. (one sl. frayed to fore-margin), b & w letterpress illusts., occn. light foxing and finger-soiling, hinges split, endpapers browned, rough-trimmed, edges foxed, orig. gilt dec. cloth, extrems. sl. rubbed, gilt to spine dulled, sm. 4to, plus four other Heath Robinson items (7)

Robinson (W. Heath, illust.). Some 'Frightful' War Pictures, 1st ed., Duckworth, 1915, twenty-four b&w plts., illusts., orig. cloth-backed pict. boards, in sl. chipped d.j. with a couple of creases and a closed tear, folio (1)

Shepard (Ernest H., illust.). Fun and Fantasy, Drawings from Punch, with an Introduction by A.A. Milne, 1st ed., Methuen, 1927, col. plts. and b&w illusts. throughout, orig. pict. boards in d.j., boards sl. rubbed at edges, folio (1)

Wain (Louis). Pa Cats Ma Cats and their Kittens, Rahael Tuck, [1902], eleven chromo. plates, numerous b & w illusts., some light spotting and marks, pictorial endpapers, orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed and sl. marked with a little wear to corners, folio (1)

Wain (Louis). Louis Wain's Cats and Dogs, linen edition, Raphael Tuck, [1902], twenty-two col. plts. incl. two double-page, three b&w illusts., a few corners frayed, prize plt. to front free endpaper, entire contents loose in orig. col. pict. boards, some wear, esp. to edges, folio (1)

Eliot (T.S.). Ash Wednesday, 1st trade ed., Faber, 1930, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, in chipped d.j. with occasional loss to edges, spine a little darkened, 8vo, together with Of Dramatick Poesie, An Essay by John Dryden, preceded by a Dialogue on Poetic Drama, by T.S. Eliot, Haslewood Books, pub. Etchells & Macdonald, 1928, ltd. ed. 85/580 copies, orig. cloth-backed patterned boards in sl. chipped d.j., spine a little browned, small folio (2)

Vonnegut (Kurt). Slaughterhouse-Five, First/Final Draft Screenplay by Stephen Geller, March 25, 1970 & December 21, 1970, 183/133 pp. respec., orig. printed wrappers, spines secured with three brass studs, together with a nine-page synopsis of the film and a two-page copy-document from Eugene G. Dougherty, Vice-President of Motion Picture Association of America Inc., addressed to Miss Arline Conklin of the Law Department, Universal Pictures, California (November 27, 1970) concerning the censor rating of the film, saying that the story appears to be appropriate for an R rating but the excessive use of vulgar language (mostly four letter words, many beginning with 'f') would place the picture in the X category, folio The film was a George Roy Hill-Paul Monash production and the upper cover of the final draft screenplay is marked in felt-tip 'Paul Monash work copy'. (4)

A Regency mahogany folio stand with a pair of trellis pattern adjustable flaps, raised on solid supports with splay legs and turned feet, 29in. wide. See illustration

Compton Mackenzie in eight vols, Folio Society books and others in three boxes

The works of Geoffrey Chaucer in 7 volumes and folio society books etc. in three boxes

Salmon, William. Botanologia. The English Herbal: or, History of Plants, for Dawks, Rhodes and Taylor, London 1710. Speckled calf, wood-cut text illustrations, folio (spine repaired; upper hinge split; introduction and part of index detached; sold with all faults).

Oldmixon, John. The History of England During the Reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Queen Mary [and] Queen Elizabeth, by Cox, London 1739. Full panelled calf, folio (rebacked, with new endpapers).

The Tichbourne Trial - An original Victorian souvenir newspaper: London, 1874, folio, together with an original comical folding paper poster undated but from the same period,in alphabet form and depicting all the chief protagonists from this most famous and long running Victorian trial. Probably from the office of The Illustrated London News. (2)

The Guardian Newspaper - 2 Bound year volumes being 1848 and 1849: London, 1848/49, folio, original publisher's blue buckram boards,gilt titles to spine.

Le Blanc, M & Armengaud,MM - The Engineer & Machinist's Drawing Book. A Complete Course Of Instruction For The Practical Engineer...... comprising linear drawing, projection, eccentric curves, the various forms of gearing, reciprocating machinery, sketching and drawing from machines, projection of shadows, tinting and colouring, and perspective: London, Blackie, 1876, folio, wood and steel engravings. Brown half calf over silk style paper covered boards, some distress to spine. Gilt titles to soine. 116pp, LXXI full page plates.

Trollope, Anthony - The Novels of Anthony Trollope: The Trollope Society, London, Ominium,Various dates (1990's), 8vo, In 48 volumes plus 1 volume autobiography, all volumes with an introduction (by various contributors) and a note on the text, the autobiography volume with frontispiece portrait and index, all uniformly bound in original publisher's brown cloth, the spines blocked in black and lettered & decorated in gilt, with the monogram of the Trollope Society in blind at centre of upper board. The Trollope Society Edition of the Novels of Anthony Trollope includes his autobiography. The setting and several of the Introductions are from the Folio Society edition of Trollope"s novels. Series editor for the Trollope Society edition was Professor David Skilton. The Introductions are by various modern authors and critics including Robertson Davies, Antonia Fraser, N. John Hall, John Halperin, P. D. James, John Mortimer, Ruth Rendell, and Joanna Trollope. A fine and very scarce collection of Trollope's renowned work. Together with a small collection of other modern Trollope publications and books

Hammond, H - A Paraphrase And Annotations Upon The Books of the Psalms: London, R Norton, 1659, folio, half title, engraved vignette to main tp. Lines ruled in red, double columns, marginal notes. full calf, raised bands, some distress to binding

A FOLIO containing numerous drawings and watercolours, including Baby Book for Lady Herries, an early Victorian portrait of a lady wearing a fur stole, a watercolour of a coastal scene, monogrammed "HMC" and various prints and drawings (a collection)

Myles Denison Bosewell Tonks (1890-1960), A folio of assorted oils, including nude studies, and a study of a peasant girl, Mostly oil on board, all unframed. Various sizes. (6)

*Folio of engravings and prints

Regency rosewood folio stand

Postcards. A collection of 300 postcards depicting sailing ships etc., early 20th c., mostly b & w, contained together in modern postcard album, folio -1

Postcards. A collection of 300 postcards depicting sailing ships etc., early 20th c., mostly b & w, contained together in modern postcard album, folio -1

* Postcards. A collection of 222 postcards depicting ships and passenger liners etc., c.1900-70s, inc. postcards with b & w, chromo and col. photograph illusts., some cards hand-painted, includes P & O postcards, contained together in modern postcard album, folio -1

British Sports & Sportsmen. Modern Commerce, Transport, Motoring and Aviation, Edited in Conjunction with The Sporting Life, n.d., c. 1932, num. photogravure portraits and b & w illusts. from photos., a.e.g., orig. crimson morocco gilt, a little rubbed on spine, folio Limited edition 523/1000. -1

* Roy Nockolds. A good collation of printed works by the artist, possibly a residual folio of his studio contents depicting work published during his career, pre- and post-war publications and limited edition prints including Frazer Nash, Shelsley Walsh, Alfa Romeo Le Mans, Monaco, Monte Carlo Rallye (various) Jaguar Le Mans & Dundrod, Maserati Birdcage Nurburgring 1000km), Ferrari 250 GT Goodwood, Ferrari Monaco GP 1952 and many others, some rarely published, contained in folder folio, various conditions -1

Hutchinson Intermment Camp, Douglas, Isle of Man. The Camp Almanack, 1940-1941, editor M. Corvin, Administrator, W.G. Feuchtwang, pub. Hutchinson Camp, Douglas, Isle of Man, December, 1940, twenty-four pages produced by Flat-Duplicator, mostly double-sided, incl. twelve full-page illusts., hand-col. with crayons and col. pencils, (one signed Fritz Kramer, another signed Ensli Kahn) and several illusts. to text, orig. paper wrappers tied on the spine with blue silk ribbon, a little dust soiled and minor wear to edges (ownership signature of E. Levine inside front wrapper), slim folio contents include Aliens, by Pfarrer Kerlin, Our Spirit, by Ulli Hirsch, Mission of Art, by Seigfried Oppenheimer, Cultural Flashlights, by K.E. Hinrichsen, The Little Clown, by Michael Corvin, Technical School, by L. Warscauer, Madam X, by W. Limnel, Music-Review, by Perlmann, Romeo and Julia, or a Mystical Fairy-Tale with Red Hot Life in the Background, by Ernst Schwitters-Guldahl, The Re-Construction of Seaside Ressorts, by Bruno Ahrends. -1

Robertson (W.R., Captain). An Official Account of the Chitral Expedition 1895, Compiled Under the Orders of the Quater Master General in India..., Calcutta, 1898, folding maps & plans, folding map in rear pocket, orig. boards, some wear to cloth spine strip, folio front free endpaper and upper board with signature of Captain H.J. Walters, 24th Baluchistan Regiment. -1

Wedel (Hasso von & Hansen, Henrich). Die Soldaten des Fƒhrers im Felde, vol. 02:00 Der Kampf im Westen, Munich, 1940, eight col. plts, stereoscope and 100 b & w stereoscopic slides laid into paste-downs as issued, orig. bevel-edged boards, sl. rubbed and soiled, sm. folio -1

Wilson (H.W.). With the Flag to Pretoria. A History of the Boer War of 1899-1900, 2 vols., 1900, together with After Pretoria: The Guerilla War, 2 vols., 1902, num. b & w illusts. from photos., folding map, orig. cloth gilt, folio, together with Japans Fight for Freedom, The Story of the War Between Russia and Japan, 3 vols., 1904-05, numerous b & w illusts., vol. 3 bound without title & prelims., vols. 1 & 2 in orig. cloth, slightly rubbed to extrems., vol. 3 in contemp. half morocco gilt, folio, plus eighteen other military related -25

* War Diary, of Lt. Col. G.M. Routh, D.S.O. R.A, 2 vols., 28.3.1920 to 31.3.1922, detailed typescript throughout, uniform contemp. half sheep, labels to upper boards and spines, rubbed, scuffed & some dust soiling, small folio, together with 3 pamphlets lossely inserted entitled Waziristan Force, Provision Instructions Regarding. Loads for Infantry Vickers Gun Platoon; Care and Use of Grenades, Hand and Rifle in Waziristan, March 1922; Stokes Mortar Ammunition, Preservation, Use and Storage in Waziristan, March 1922, each in orig. printed wrappers, slim 8vo -2

* World War I - Gloucestershire Regiment. A group of nineteen letters and notes, c. 1915-17, several written to Margaret or Marjorie by her brothers Arthur, William and Walter Sotheron Estcourt, from Rouen, Masindi, British Expeditionary Force, Cairo, etc., concerning military and domestic matters, some with orig. postmarked envelopes to Marjorie at Shipton Moyne Rectory, Tetbury, a total of approx. 48 pp., 8vo/4to, together with Ernest Rokeby Collinss manuscript essays on the Corunna Campaign, Life of Sir John Moore and the Campagin of Salamanca, c. 1905-07, a total of over 50 pages, together with some related notes and drawings, folio, plus a group of twenty-four postcards, c. 1885 and later, written to Marjorie Estcourt and family Margaret Alice Sotheron Estcourt married Major Ernest Rokeby Collins, DSO, East Lancashire Regiment, in December 1918 [see Boer War lot above and Wrodl War One - Prisoner of War lot below]. Four of the letters to her in this group are from her brother Arthur Charles Sotheron Estcourt of the Gloucestershire Regiment, who was awarded the Military Cross in 1916 for conspicuous gallantry in action; he died on 8th August 1918 while working as an Observer for the Flying Corps. (a folder)

World War II - Desert Campaign. An album of approx. 150 corner-mounted b & w snapshots, compiled by W. Bonington, BEM, including images of British soldiers with tanks, parachute prisoners, etc., mostly approx. 6 x 8 cm with ink caption in lower margins, places identified include Tel el Kabir, El Adem, Torbur, plus views of Suez Canal, Tripoli, Cairo, Alexandria, Tunis, etc., modern cloth, small oblong folio -1

WWI - German East Africa. An album of approx. 550 captioned b & w photos., compiled by Captain Thomas, Royal Engineers, c. 1914-18, showing military camps, officers, bridges, scenes of destruction, local people, shipping, animals and game, hunting and shooting, the journey home to England via Durban, Johannesburg, Cape Town and Madeira, the majority good quality snapshots plus some real photo postcards, mostly 9 x 14 cm or smaller, the majority pasted in but some corner-mounted, the majority neatly captioned in white beneath, album complete but for a few missing images on three leaves, contemp. cloth, oblong folio Places identified by Captain Thomas include Morogoro, Dodoma, Itigi and Tabora, in the south-east of German East Africa. -1

Aldershot & Farnborough Light Railway Company. An archive of papers relating to the construction of a Light Railway to be operated by the electric overhead trolley system, c. 1896-1903, comprising approx. thirty single and multi-sheet documents, many handwritten, incl. surveyors reports, correspondence, schedules and heads of agreement between the promoters and the Urban District Councils, prospectus for the issue of Shares, notices and reports of meetings, etc., folio & 4to (approx. 30)

Great Western Railway Company. Running Powers (Statutory, Agreement and Otherwise) ... Diagrams showing Position of Lines, together with References to the Authorities under which Running Powers were granted and Other Information in Connection Therewith, revised ed. for private use of G.W.R. officials only, Kelly & Kelly Ltd., May 1927, numerous maps of railway lines, hand-col. in outline, orig. straight-grained morocco gilt, rubbed and scuffed, some wear to edges and corners, folio -1

* GWR ephemera. Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway, General Appendix to the Rule Book (to come into operation on August 1st, 1936), col. illusts. of railway signals, b & w illusts. of railway wagons, orig. blue cloth lettered in black, somewhat soiled and used, with a similar GWR General Appendix to the Rule Book stamped Booking Office, Marlow, G.W.2, plus Railway Clearing House, Coaching Arrangements Book, General Regulations Relating to Naval, Military, Royal Air Force, Territorial Force, Police Force and other Government Traffic, by Passenger Train, 1st May, 1939, num. appendix cuttings tipped-in, orig. linen-backed printed wrappers, somewhat soiled, folio, with various accounts ledgers and receipt books, a quantity of GWR unused luggage labels, c. 1930s, a collection of GWR unused wagon labels, c. 1940s and approx. 25 sheets of unused GWR letterheads (Goods Department, Reading Station), all contained in modern plastic album, various GWR brass uniform buttons and similar BR buttons, etc. (3 cartons)

Colburn (Zerah). Locomotive Engineering, and the Mechanism of Railways: A Treatise on the Principles and Construction of the Locomotive Engine, Railway Carriages, and Railway Plant, 2 vols., 1st ed., [1871], sixty-four double-page eng. plts. in a separate plt. vol., num. wood-engs. in the text, some light foxing, orig. cloth, recased, new endpapers, blind lib. stamp on the title-page of the text vol., folio Ottley 2762 -2

Darwin (Robert). The History of the Union Pacific Railroad in Cheyenne. A Pictorial Odyssey to the Mecca of Steam, pub. Express Press Ltd., California, 1987, num. b & w illusts. from photos. diags., etc., orig. cloth lettered in gilt, orig. d.j., oblong folio, VG -1

Russell (J.H.). A Pictorial Record of Great Western Engines, 2 vols. in one, 1978, A Pictorial Record of Great Western Coaches, including the Brown vehicles, Part II (1903-1948), pub. 1973, Great Western Coaches Appendix, Standard Passenger Stock, (pub. 1984), num. b & w illusts. from photos., all orig. boards in slightly frayed d.j., folio, with others of GWR and general railway interest, inc. modelling, plus Shepherd (David), Nine Elms, the Last Hours, pub. Solomon & Whitehead Ltd., 1980, col. print after the original by the artist, lower margin signed by the artist (now somewhat feint), image size approx. 38 x 76 cm, framed and glazed, with another similar (3 shelves)

Russell (J.H.). A Pictorial Record of Great Western Coaches, including the Brown vehicles, parts 1 & 2, (1838-1948), 1st eds., pub. 1972-3, num. b & w illusts. from photos., orig. boards in slightly frayed d.j.s., folio, together with Jenkins (Stanley C., Brown, Bob and Parkhouse, Neil), The Banbury & Cheltenham Direct Railway, 1st ed., 2004, num. b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, and others of railway interest, mostly recent hardback pubs., many in d.j.s., G/VG (3 shelves)

Sopwith Aviation Co. Ltd. An important photograph album relating to the Sopwith Aviation Co. Ltd., Kingston on Thames, 1912-1916, comprising 65 b & w photos. mounted on album leaves, approx. 9 x 12 ins. (23 x 30 cms.), mostly captioned, inc. 40 HP. E.N.V. Howard Wright monoplane, Mr. Sopwith pilot, Harold Wright Biplane, Winner of Baron de Forrest 0 Prize, Mr. Sopwith Pilot, 70 HP. Knome 3 seater, Sopwith 150 HP. Sunbeam Pusher machine, 100 HP. Green Bat Boat, 100 HP. Anzani Seaplane, 100 HP. Green Tractor Seaplane Daily Mail, Mr. Hawkers Australian Tabloid two seater, Sopwith 100 HP. seaplane at Monaco, winner of Schneider Cup, April 1914, Sopwith Baby seaplane, 100 HP. Mono Tractor seaplane with folding wings, 1914, Sopwith 80 HP. single seater biplane, Gordon Bennett machine, October, 1914, etc., orig. half morocco, some wear, oblong folio from the estate of Jack Pollard. -1

* Miles Marathon G-AGPD. A folio dated 11/01/1949 with report on the accident to this aircraft, by F. H. Jones, J. K. Moakes and W. Sutcliffe, with photographs of the aircraft before flight and details of the detached tail section after the crash, with detailed documentation and diagrams, in original OHMS envelope addressed to G. H. Miles Esq., together with other Miles Aircraft literature (-)

LIllustration. Numero de lAeronatique, 13 December, 1930 (2), 19 November, 1932 (2), 17 November 1934 (2), together six orig. issues, num. col. and b & w illusts. and ads., all orig. printed wrappers by Geo. Ham, some a little worn or repaired on spines, together with France Illustration Le Monde Illustre, Salon de lAviation, 30 April, 1949, num. b & w illusts. and ads., orig. printed wrappers (small inkstain to upper wrapper), all folio -7

Barres (Fernand, Bernaud Eugene & Schoeller, Adolphe). Les Transformateurs dEnergie. Generateurs, Accumulateurs, Moteurs, avec les plus recentes applications a la Navigation Aerienne, vol. 2 (Atlas) only, Paris, 1910, thirteen col. litho. plts. on thick card, with colour-printer overlays to each, one or two overlays loose (generally in good condition), orig. pict. cloth gilt, slightly rubbed (generally in clean condition), folio, together with RiviÅre (P.-Louis), Une Promenade au Pays de la Science, 2nd ed., Paris, Delagrave, n.d., c. 1913, b & w illusts. to text, some overall light browning, a.e.g., orig. col. pict. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and some minor soiling (generally in good condition), folio The first volume contains illustrations of a locomotive, a gas turbine, a motorcycle, a Daimler automobile, a dirigeable balloon, the Wright aeroplane, the Voisin aeroplane, a Dynamo, a wireless telegraph, etc. The second, more general work, includes a chapter on ballooning, and the early aviators. -2

* Flintham (Vic). Aircraft in British Military Service. British Service Aircraft Since 1946, pub. Airlife, 1998, together with Bishop (Cliff T.), Fortresses of the Big Triangle First. A History of the Aircraft Assigned to the First Bombardment Wing and First Bombardment Division of the Eighth Air Force from August 1942 to 31 March 1944, pub. East Anglia Books, 1986, num. b & w illusts. from photos., both orig. cloth in d.j., folio, VG, with others of aviation interest (2 cartons)

R.A.F. WWII. A group of Secret & Restricted wartime publications etc, including Evidence in Camera, two loose issues, vol II Nov. 1944 & vol 7, no. 13 dated July 1944, stamped W/Comm Orr 1944, together with The Airway Home booklet for RAF Officers serving overseas, Notes on the German Army - War, prepared by the General Staff dated Dec 1940, Order of Battle of the German Army, issued by Military Intelligence (Must Not Fall into Enemy Hands) War Office dated June 1942, Manual of Map-Reading, Photo-Reading & Field-Sketching, LMSO War Office publication, dated 1929 with Amendments 1939, also with Weekly Intelligence Summary booklet, documents dated & stamped Secret - Air Command S.East Asia serial nos. 42 & 58 dated 3rd Sept. 1944 and 24th Dec. 1944, further with Story of 34th Armoured Brigade, hard-cover folio 1941-1944, including Normandy Landings, etc., all contained in blue hard leather pilots compartmented briefcase, inscribed in gold letters U.S.A., various conditions -10

Janes All the Worlds Aircraft, 1941, num b & w illusts. after photos., ads. at front of vol., orig. dark blue cloth, damp marking to upper outer corners and foremargins of both covers, in rubbed and frayed d.j. (torn with a little loss to foot of spine and edges), folio, together with Pegasus II.M.III Aero-Engine, Air Publication 1451C, 2nd ed., September 1934, pub. HMSO, 1935, num. b & w illusts., inc. many folding, a few in colour, orig. printed wrappers, rubbed and some marks, 8vo -2

McLean (Steven). The Spitfire in South African Air Force Service, 1st ed., pub. South Africa, 2001, signed by the author and artist, Darryl Legg, as well as thirty South African pilots who flew the Spitfire in SAAF service between 1942 and 1954, num. col. and b & w illusts. from photos., orig. laminated boards with d.j., folio, VG privately published in an edition of 1500 copies and now out of print. One of only two copies carrying all the signatures, the other belonging to the author. This lot is being 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