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Stoker (Bram). The Snake's Pass, 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1891, one or two light st

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Lot 902

Stoker (Bram). The Snake's Pass, 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1891, one or two light stains, original red cloth gilt, spine skillfully rebacked with original spine relaid, gilt lettering and illustration dulled, light adhesion marks to upper cover, contained in crimson morocco gilt solander box, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Presentation copy, inscribed to half-title 'Mrs. Leycester, with most kind remembrance of Bram Stoker, Christmas 1890'.The author's first novel, published in November 1890 but dated 1891.

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Forster (E. M.). A Room With a View, 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold, 1908, 8 pp. advertisements at rear, some light tonin

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Lot 825

Forster (E. M.). A Room With a View, 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold, 1908, 8 pp. advertisements at rear, some light toning to endpapers and fore edges, original cloth gilt, spine faded, edges a little rubbed, a few small light stains to upper cover, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Kirkpatrick A3. Forster's third novel. 2000 copies printed.

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Austen (Jane). Pride and Prejudice, reprinted, London: Richard Bentley, 1846, engraved frontispiece and vignette title (both

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Lot 449

Austen (Jane). Pride and Prejudice, reprinted, London: Richard Bentley, 1846, engraved frontispiece and vignette title (both with imprints dated 1833), letterpress title, frontispiece with former owner's signature show-through, damp-staining and damp-mottling to leaves at front and rear of volume with some light fraying to fore-edge, endpapers also damp-mottled and with few adhesive tape repairs, near-contemporary burgundy half calf by Harrison of Pall Mall, gilt decorated raised bands, modern marbled paper sidings to boards, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Gilson D7. A reprint of Benson's first illustrated edition published in 1833 (see Gilson D5).

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* South African playing cards. Boer War cards, Printed by H.M. Guest, Klerksdorp, Trans-vaal, 1901, the complete deck of 52 p

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Lot 540

* South African playing cards. Boer War cards, Printed by H.M. Guest, Klerksdorp, Trans-vaal, 1901, the complete deck of 52 plus joker woodblock printed playing cards (French suits), pip signs printed in red or black, indices, single figure courts (head & shoulders only) printed in purple, kings representing Edward VII, queens representing Queen Alexandra, jacks wearing a jester's hat and carrying a bell, the joker card with skull & crossbones and 'No Joker', somewhat dusty, variable toning, some generally light spotting (JS more spotted) and brown marks, square corners, versos black ornamental pattern with central text giving maker's details and dated 'Feb., 1901, during Anglo-Boer War', each card 92 x 61 mm, with near contemporary patterned paper-covered box (one small side-flap detached but present), early ink manuscript label to front panel, 10 cards corner mounted onto a display board (54.5 x 40 cm), encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of display board), the remainder in a plastic bag, with a typewritten letter signed by W. Penn, on The William Penn Collection of Playing Cards headed notepaper, dated March 1st [19]59QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Tilley, A History of Playing Cards, p.171; Tilley, Playing Cards, p.91: Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards website, Curator's Corner - Boer War Playing Cards.The accompanying letter, written to a Mr. Green-Armytage, briefly discusses this rare pack of cards. Of especial interest is the excerpt from another letter, written by Colonel The Hon. Sir Lucas Guest and dated 14 October 1966, which is given in Tilley's book Playing Cards (see above). That letter describes how, due to shortages of playing cards caused by the war, H.M. Guest (the Colonel's father) made these packs of cards himself, with a friend helping to carve the woodblocks. Intriguingly the pack illustrated on the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards website has the jacks printed in yellow, whereas the pack described by Tilley agrees with ours in having the all the courts in purple. Presumably Guest was having to make do with whatever stocks of colour printing inks he had available.

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Morris (William). [Works], 8 volumes, London: Chiswick Press for Longmans, Green and Co., 1901-02, comprising A Tale of the H

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Lot 723

Morris (William). [Works], 8 volumes, London: Chiswick Press for Longmans, Green and Co., 1901-02, comprising A Tale of the House of the Wolfings, 1901; The Roots of the Mountains, 1901; The Story of Grettir the Strong, 1901; Volsunga Saga, 1901; The Odyssey of Homer, 1901; the Aeneids of Virgil, 1902; Hope and Fears for Art, 1902; Architecture, Industry and Wealth, 1902, printed in red and black, map plate to Grettir the Strong, spare labels tipped-in at front, a few damp stains to early leaves of Volsunga Saga and Architecture, Industry and Wealth, a few endpapers with some toning, original cloth-backed boards, spines faded or toned, some edge wear and light stains to covers, 4to QTY: (8)NOTE:Each a limited edition of 315 copies and comprising most of the writings of William Morris not printed by the Kelmscott Press.

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Lewis (Wyndham). The Ideal Giant, the Code of the Herdsman, Cantelman's Spring-Mate, 1st edition, London: Privately printed f

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Lot 719

Lewis (Wyndham). The Ideal Giant, the Code of the Herdsman, Cantelman's Spring-Mate, 1st edition, London: Privately printed for the London Office of the Little Review, [1917], additional illustrated title with monochrome design by Wyndham Lewis, 44 pp., some light spotting and toning, stapled as issued (staples rusted), and string-tied into original publisher's cloth-backed boards, upper cover designed by Lewis, head of spine indented, some toning and light spotting to covers, edges rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Pound & Grover A1; Morrow & Lafourcade A2. Approximately 200 copies printed. Pound & Grover speculate that only 50 copies of the folder were produced, but that there were more copies of the pamphlet itself.

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Miller (Patrick). Woman in Detail, with Drawings by Mark Severin, London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1947, black and white il

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Lot 722

Miller (Patrick). Woman in Detail, with Drawings by Mark Severin, London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1947, black and white illustrations, original blue cloth-backed boards, a few light marks, 8vo, together with:Hamway (Nigel). 2020 Vision, limited edition, London: Nomad Letterpress, 2020, mounted illustrations (some colour), further black and white illustrations, original yellow cloth-backed boards, 4to, 156 of 340 copies, contained in original slipcase, withGerry (Vance). Vance Gerry & The Weather Bird Press, limited edition, Risbury: The Whittington Press, 2018, full-page and smaller illustrations throughout (some colour), 2 facsimile letters in pocket at rear, original red half cloth, paper title label to spine, 4to, one of 235 copies, in original slipcase, with 13 others relatedQTY: (16)

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Eliot (T. S.) Poems 1909-1925, 1st edition, London: Faber & Gwyer, 1925, light partial offsetting from flaps to endpapers

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Lot 812

Eliot (T. S.) Poems 1909-1925, 1st edition, London: Faber & Gwyer, 1925, light partial offsetting from flaps to endpapers, small previous owner signature, original cloth (covers slightly bowed), dust jacket, spine toned and slightly rubbed, a few tiny tears and light marks, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Gallup A8a.

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Woolf (Virginia). The Letters of Virginia Woolf, edited by Nigel Nicolson, 6 volumes/The Diary of Virginia Woolf, edited by A

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Lot 929

Woolf (Virginia). The Letters of Virginia Woolf, edited by Nigel Nicolson, 6 volumes/The Diary of Virginia Woolf, edited by Anne Olivier Bell, 5 volumes, Hogarth Press, 1976-84, volume I of Letters 2nd impression, the others 1st printings, monochrome illustrations, volume V of Diary with light spotting to fore edges, a few previous owner inscriptions, original cloth, dust jackets, a few price-clipped, some fading to spines, 8vo, with 8 others including Editing Virginia Woolf's Diary, by Anne Olivier Bell, Bloomsbury Workshop, 1990, limited signed edition 805/1000, Walter Sickert. A Conversation, by Virginia Woolf, Bloomsbury Workshop edition, 1992 One of 1000 copies), Essays on John Maynard Keynes, edited by Milo Keynes, CUP, 1975 reprint, inscribed by the editor,, Julia. A Portrait of Julia Strachey by herself and Frances Partridge, 1983, inscribed by Frances Partridge, Lytton Strachey, by Michael Holroyd, 1994, signed by the author, and The Letters of Lytton Strachey, edited by Paul Levy, 2005, signed by the editor QTY: (19)

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Manhood (Harold Alfred). Nightseed, 1928; Gay Agony, 1930; Crack of Whips, 1934; Fierce and Gentle, 1935, 1st editions, light

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Lot 873

Manhood (Harold Alfred). Nightseed, 1928; Gay Agony, 1930; Crack of Whips, 1934; Fierce and Gentle, 1935, 1st editions, light partial offsetting from flaps to endpapers, original cloth, dust jackets, Fierce and Gentle price-clipped with short closed tear to rear panel and a little dust soiled, 8vo, together with 20 others by the author including limited editions Little Peter the Great, Furnival Books No. 7, limited signed edition 157/550, Three Nails, White Owl Press, 1933, limited signed edition 3/125, Maiden's Fury, 1935, limited signed edition 40/285, plus others including Sunday Bugles, 1939, Lunatic Broth, 1944, a few duplicates QTY: (24)NOTE:H. A. Manhood (1904-1991), a contemporary of Graham Greene, Dylan Thomas and others was primarily known for writing rurally set short stories, often incorporating the supernatural.

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* French playing cards. Jeu de Cartes Musical, Pierre Boboeuf: Paris, 1840, the complete Piquet deck of 32 chromolithographed

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Lot 527

* French playing cards. Jeu de Cartes Musical, Pierre Boboeuf: Paris, 1840, the complete Piquet deck of 32 chromolithographed playing cards (French suits), designed by Ferdinand Séré, depicting musical notes and other musical notations, named in French, each with miniature playing card at top, and ornate decorations with miniature illuminated-style illustrations in red, green, blue & gold, the illustrations relating to the named note or symbol, red outline borders, corners very lightly worn, some light toning and spotting, few minor marks, 5 cards with small tear or puncture to top of miniature playing card (2 with associated light creasing), AS & 8D with corner crease, 9H lightly creased, versos plain white, each card 86 x 57 mm, with original two-part box (damaged), 20 cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of board), the remainder within box in a plastic bag, the board 54.5 x 40 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Ader Auctions, 01/07/2019, lot 322; Bibliothèque Nationale de France, ark:/12148/btv1b10539489x; Cartorama 82, #69; Cary, FRA 253; Verame, Sublimes Cartes á Jouer, illustrated pp.110-111.

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Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll'). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London: Macmillan, 1874, half-title, frontispi

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Lot 611

Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll'). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London: Macmillan, 1874, half-title, frontispiece and illustrations by John Tenniel, all edges gilt, 20th-century red crushed morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, original cover designs blocked in gilt, spine with gilt motifs after Tenniel illustrations, a few light marks, 8vo, together with:Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, London: Macmillan and Co, 1883, half-title, frontispiece and illustrations by John Tenniel, title-page somewhat spotted, all edges gilt, 20th-century red crushed morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, original cover designs blocked in gilt, spine with gilt motifs after Tenniel illustrations, extremities very lightly rubbed, 8vo, both volumes contained in red cloth slipcaseQTY: (2)

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Gooden (Stephen, illustrator). Aesop's Fables, translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange, limited issue, London: George G. Harrap, 1

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Lot 620

Gooden (Stephen, illustrator). Aesop's Fables, translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange, limited issue, London: George G. Harrap, 1936, engraved title, plates and initials by Stephen Gooden, a little light offsetting from plates, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, slipcase (a little toned to margins), 4to, limited signed edition 438/525, together with Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Peer Gynt. A Dramatic Poem by Henrik Ibsen, London: George G. Harrap, 1936, 12 colour plates, top edge gilt, original brown blindstamped morocco, slightly rubbed, original cardboard box, lid repaired at corners with adhesive tape, one corner split, 4to QTY: (2)

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Johns (W. E.). Biggles and the Plot That Failed, 1st edition, Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1965, original light red cloth,

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Lot 848

Johns (W. E.). Biggles and the Plot That Failed, 1st edition, Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1965, original light red cloth, dust jacket, head of spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Biggles Takes The Case, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1952, black and white illustrations, small tape residue to endpapers, original red pictorial cloth, dust jacket, lightly rubbed, 8vo, withBiggles Hunts Big Game, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1948, 11 illustrations, original red pictorial cloth, dust jacket lightly rubbed, 8vo, withBiggles Goes Home, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1960, black and white illustrations in-text, original pictorial boards, 8vo with 55 other Biggles titles in dust jacket, some first editionsQTY: (59)

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Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Where the Blue Begins, by Christopher Morley, signed limited edition, London: William Heineman

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Lot 662

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Where the Blue Begins, by Christopher Morley, signed limited edition, London: William Heinemann, [1922], signed by Rackham to limitation page, 4 full-page colour illustrations, 16 smaller black and white illustrations, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, original black buckram-backed boards, spine lettered in gilt, a few light spots to boards, 4to, contained in custom maroon-backed slipcase, red morocco spine labels lettered in giltQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition, 119/175 copies.

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Vale Press. A Bibliography of the Books Issued by Hacon & Ricketts, Vale Press, 1904, wood-engraved frontispiece by Charl

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Lot 734

Vale Press. A Bibliography of the Books Issued by Hacon & Ricketts, Vale Press, 1904, wood-engraved frontispiece by Charles Ricketts, wood-engraved double-page border, printed in red and black, endpapers a little toned, original cloth-backed boards, 8vo, limited edition of 250, together with Essex House Press. The Last Records of a Cotswold Community: Being the Weston Subedge Field Account Book for the Final Twenty-Six Years of the Famous Cotswold Games, Hitherto Unpublished, and now edited with a study on the old time sports of Campden and the village community of Weston, by C. R. Ashbee, Essex House Press,1904, woodcut illustrations by Edmund New, light toning to endpapers, original buckram, spine toned, some dust-soiling, 4to, limited edition 16/75, plus Craftsmanship in Competitive Industry, by C. R. Ashbee, Essex House Press, [1908]QTY: (3)NOTE:First two works Tomkinson 50 & 46 respectively.

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Eliot (T. S.) The Waste Land, limited issue, Verona: Officina Bodoni for Faber and Faber, 1961, light spotting to fore edges,

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Lot 814

Eliot (T. S.) The Waste Land, limited issue, Verona: Officina Bodoni for Faber and Faber, 1961, light spotting to fore edges, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed marbled boards, slipcase (one fold splitting), small folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition 65/300, signed by the poet.

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Kubasta (Voitech). Tip + Top Build a Motorcar, 1st edition, Bancroft, 1962, six colour pop-up and moveable scenes (all in wor

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Lot 631

Kubasta (Voitech). Tip + Top Build a Motorcar, 1st edition, Bancroft, 1962, six colour pop-up and moveable scenes (all in working order), original cloth-backed pictorial boards, edges rubbed, minor crease to rear cover, some spotting to right edge and spine area of front cover, 4to, together with Tip + Top Go Camping, 1st edition, 1962, six colour pop-up and moveable scenes (all in working order), some light toning or offsetting to text, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, edges lightly rubbed and bumped, front cover with faint scratch, rear cover with light crease near spine, 4to, plus 6 other Tip + Top titles including: Go Flying, 1964; And the Dragons, 1964; At the Zoo, 1961; On the Farm, 1961; Als Seefahrer (Hamburg: Carlsen, 1965); Und die Mondrakete (Hamburg: Carlsen, 1965), few minor creases and repairs, all 8 books with small ex-libris Megan & Michael Dawson ticket or ink stamp to upper corner inside front cover, 4toQTY: (8)

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Essex House Press. A Book of Cottages and Little Houses for Landlords, Architects, Builders and Others: with suggestions as t

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Lot 703

Essex House Press. A Book of Cottages and Little Houses for Landlords, Architects, Builders and Others: with suggestions as to cost, the housing difficulty, & the improvement of taste in these matters by C. R. Ashbee, M. A., Architect, Essex House Press, 1906, woodcut frontispiece and illustrations by F. L. Griggs, 29 half-tone illustrations bound at rear (one or two small marginal stains), top edge gilt, original cream buckram gilt, spine s little toned with small stain, light marginal dust-soiling, small 4to, together with The Last Records of a Cotswold Community; Being the Weson Subedge Field Account Book for the Final Twenty-Six Years of the Famous Cotswold Games, Hitherto Unpublished, Essex House Press, 1904QTY: (2)NOTE:Tomkinson 69 & 50 respectively. First work limited edition 36/50 copies, issued on paper with the Essex House Press mark and reserved for subscribers to the Press, from a total edition of 250.

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Essex House Press. The Courtyer of Count Baldessar Castilio, divided into foure bookes very necessary and profitable for yong

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Lot 705

Essex House Press. The Courtyer of Count Baldessar Castilio, divided into foure bookes very necessary and profitable for yonge gentilmen & gentilwomen abiding in cort, palaice, or place, done into Englyshe by Thomas Hoby, Essex House Press, 1900, woocut initials 'Alphabet of Bloomers' designed by C. R. Ashbee, partly unopened, a few minor spots front and rear, original limp vellum gilt, silk ties, tiny closed tear to foot of spine, light dust-soiling to covers, 4to, limited edition 60/200, together with American Sheaves & English Seed Corn: Being a series of addresses mainly delivered in the United States, 1900-1901, Essex House Press, 1901, woodcut initials, preface leaf initial in red, original vellum gilt, 8vo, limited edition 296/300, plus Of the Imitation of Christ in Four Books by Thomas A Kempis, London: Keegan Paul, Trench Trubner & Co., 1898, title printed in red and black within woodcut border, wood-engraved illustrations, wood-engravings by Clemence Housman after Laurence Housman, light offsetting, original limp vellum gilt, lacking ties, light dust-soiling, 8vo,limited edition of 660 QTY: (3)NOTE:Tomkinson 12 & 21 for first two works.

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Lawrence (D. H.) Lady Chatterley's Lover, limited issue, privately printed, Florence: Tipografia Giuntina, 1928, partly unope

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Lot 862

Lawrence (D. H.) Lady Chatterley's Lover, limited issue, privately printed, Florence: Tipografia Giuntina, 1928, partly unopened, original mulberry paper boards, phoenix design in black to upper cover, upper joint splitting, a few light spots to spine label, plain dust jacket, closed tear at upper joint, small tear at foot of spine, small nicks at folds, slight dust-soiling, contained in modern cloth portfolio within red morocco-backed slipcase, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition, 818/1000 copies, signed by the author.Connolly 57; Roberts A42a. After being rejected by numerous English publishers, Lawrence commissioned the Tipografia Giuntina in Florence to print 1000 copies of Lady Chatterley's Lover, at £2 each in July 1928, most of which were distributed by friends and sold out by the end of the year before its suppression in England. 'Lawrence fully intended to shock and expected the book to be banned...' (Connolly).

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Wilde (Oscar). The Works, 13 volumes, various publishers, 1909-10, half-titles, top edge gilt, 20th-century red half morocco

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Lot 924

Wilde (Oscar). The Works, 13 volumes, various publishers, 1909-10, half-titles, top edge gilt, 20th-century red half morocco gilt by Riviere, spines somewhat faded, a few joints starting, some light wear to extremities, 8voQTY: (13)

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Westerman (Percy F.). Sleuths of the Air, London: Blackie & Son, circa 1935, frontispiece, 2 illustrations, occasional light

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Lot 921

Westerman (Percy F.). Sleuths of the Air, London: Blackie & Son, circa 1935, frontispiece, 2 illustrations, occasional light spotting, pencilled ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original blue cloth, dust jacket (price-clipped), lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Rochester (George E.). The Flying Beetle, London: John Hamilton, circa 1935, frontispiece, 3 illustrations, edges spotted, original blue cloth, dust jacket, lightly rubbed, 8vo, withBlack Wing, London: The Epworth Press, circa 1951, frontispiece, original green cloth, dust jacket, 2 closed tears to upper panel, some loss to foot of spine, rubbed, 8vo, plusHeming (Bracebridge). The Secret Aircraft Carrier, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co, circa 1938, frontispiece, original orange cloth, dust jacket, lightly rubbed and frayed, 8vo, with other works related in dust jacket QTY: (45)

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Doyle (Richard). In Fairy-land, with a poem by William Allingham, 2nd edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1875, 16 wood

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Lot 613

Doyle (Richard). In Fairy-land, with a poem by William Allingham, 2nd edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1875, 16 wood-engraved plates colour printed by Edmund Evans, gutta-percha perished, contents detached, some light spotting and small marginal water stains, contemporary presentation inscription to front endpaper, all edges gilt, original green cloth gilt, some edge wear and small damp stains, 4to QTY: (1)

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Dahl (Roald). Matilda, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1988, illustrations by Quentin Blake, ex-library stamp to verso of

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Lot 804

Dahl (Roald). Matilda, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1988, illustrations by Quentin Blake, ex-library stamp to verso of title and stickers to endpapers, original red cloth gilt, dust jacket, rubbed with some light loss to spine extremities, 8vo, together with:The Twits, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1980, illustrations by Quentin Blake, ex-library with small stamp to front free endpaper, original red cloth gilt, dust jacket, extremities lightly frayed, 8vo, plusEsio Trot, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1990, illustrations by Quentin Blake, contemporary gift inscription to verso of front free endpaper, original blue cloth gilt, dust jacket, flaps spotted, 8vo, withDonaldson (Julia). The Gruffalo's Child, 1st edition, London: Macmillan, 2004, illustrations by Axel Scheffler, original pictorial boards, dust jacket (price-clipped), 4to, with approximately 35 other 20th-century booksQTY: (approx. 40)

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Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book, signed limited edition, London: George C. Harrap, 1933, signed

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Lot 672

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book, signed limited edition, London: George C. Harrap, 1933, signed by Rackham to limitation page, 8 full-page colour plates, further black and white illustrations (some full-page), portions uncut, some preliminary and rear leaves spotted, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original publisher's full vellum gilt, a few light marks, backstrip toned, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition, 361/460 copies.

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Rowling (J. K). Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 1st edition, London: Bloomsbury, 1998, light marginal toning, origin

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Lot 894

Rowling (J. K). Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 1st edition, London: Bloomsbury, 1998, light marginal toning, original pictorial boards, dust jacket, spine somewhat faded and a little rubbed at extremities, 8voQTY: (1)

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Vale Press. The Vale Shakespeare, 40 volumes, Ballantyne Press for the Vale Press, 1900-03, including The Tragical History of

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Lot 736

Vale Press. The Vale Shakespeare, 40 volumes, Ballantyne Press for the Vale Press, 1900-03, including The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe, occasional light spotting, some toning to a few endpapers, original uniform green cloth designed by Charles Ricketts, some light fading and spotting to some spines, 8voQTY: (40)NOTE:One of 310 copies. Tomkinson 44 & 45.

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Powys (Llewelyn). The Cradle of God, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1929, original cloth, dust jacket, some toning to sp

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Lot 888

Powys (Llewelyn). The Cradle of God, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1929, original cloth, dust jacket, some toning to spine and rear panel top margin, 8vo, together with Powys (John Cowper). In Defence of Sensuality, 1st edition, London: Victor Gollancz, 1930, light toning to endpapers, original cloth, dust jacket, spine a little toned, a few small chips and closed tears, 8vo, plus A Philosophy of Solitude, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1933, original cloth, dust jacket, some slight dust-soiling, 8vo, with others, all by John Cowper, Llewelyn and T. F. Powys including The Key of the Field, by T. F. Powys, 1930 (limited signed edition, 261/550), Black Bryony, 1923, Mark Only, 1924, The White Paternoster and other stories, 1930, Apples be Ripe, by Llewelyn Powys, 1st US edition, 1930, Rats in the Sacristy, 1937, and Somerset Essays, 1937 QTY: (approximately 140)

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Austen (Jane). Sense and Sensibility: A Novel, 1st illustrated edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1833, Standard Novels series

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Lot 448

Austen (Jane). Sense and Sensibility: A Novel, 1st illustrated edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1833, Standard Novels series title (no. 23), engraved frontispiece and vignette title (lightly toned), additional letterpress title, final leaf of text Y6 with manuscript calculation annotation, bound without final blank leaves Y7 and Y8, together with:Austen (Jane). Mansfield Park: A Novel, 1st illustrated edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1833, Standard Novels series title (no. 27), engraved frontispiece and vignette title (lightly toned), additional letterpress title, bound without final advertisement leaves 2E5 and 2E6, light fraying to series title and frontispiece at fore-edge,Austen (Jane). Northanger Abbey [& Persuasion], 1st illustrated edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1833, Standard Novels series title (no. 28), engraved frontispiece and vignette title (lightly damp-stained), additional letterpress title to Northanger Abbey, letterpress title to Persuasion, leaf G1 near detached, final leaf 2F4 detached from rest of gathering (attached to endpaper), contents slightly shaken,Lytton (Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron). Eugene Aram: A Tale, London: Richard Bentley, 1833, Standard Novels series title (no. 34), engraved frontispiece and vignette title, additional letterpress title, uniform contemporary half calf gilt, contrasting morocco labels to spines, Mansfield Park lacking title labels, bindings rubbed and scuffed, 8vo QTY: (4)NOTE:Gilson D1; D3 and D4 (Sense and Sensibility; Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey & Persuasion). Keynes 44; 104 and 143 (Sense and Sensibility; Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey & Persuasion).

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Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Undine, signed limited edition, London: William Heinemann, 1909, signed by Rackham to limitati

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Lot 679

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Undine, signed limited edition, London: William Heinemann, 1909, signed by Rackham to limitation page, 15 mounted colour plates (with captioned tissue-guards), smaller black and white illustrations in-text, pencilled gift inscription to blank frontispiece verso, original publisher's pictorial vellum gilt, lacking ties, some light toning and marks, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition, 181/1000 copies.

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* Transformation cards. Repository of Arts: Pictorial Cards [Beatrice or the Fracas], 1st edition, London: Ackermann [1818-18

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Lot 542

* Transformation cards. Repository of Arts: Pictorial Cards [Beatrice or the Fracas], 1st edition, London: Ackermann [1818-1819], 13 hand-coloured aquatint plates, each depicting four playing cards (French suits), with figures and architectural motifs, single-figure courts, red pip signs hand-coloured, each plate with imprint to lower margin (including date and number of issue), and with plate and volume numbers to upper right corner, the plates mounted with photo corners onto black paper, the corresponding letterpress leaf describing each plate is mounted similarly, plates with a few faint foxing spots, two plates with brown marks to margins, occasional light toning, some offsetting, toning and foxing to text, each plate approximately 24 x 14.5cm, text leaves slightly larger, contained together in an A4-sized album of clear pockets, each plate facing its description leaf, together with Munchener Bilderbogen: Kartenspielereien, 4th edition, Munich: Braun & Schneider, circa 1860, 4 sheets, each depicting one complete suit (13 cards) of wood-engraved playing cards (French suits), red pip signs stencil coloured, single-figure courts, 4 club pip cards with caption, each sheet with imprint, edition and sheet number (77-80) at foot, and with title and a poem in German to upper margin, few faint foxing spots, margins finger-soiled, few minor marks, some edge-fraying and chips (mainly to sheets 77 & 78), edge tears extending into 2 cards: 7C (3mm) and 3H (35mm), 6S & 6C lightly toned, each sheet approximately 42.3 x 33.7cm, each in a large clear plastic sleeveQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.First item: Rare. Field 22: 'One of the most artistic and imaginative transformation packs'. The cards were not issued in playable form, but were commonly cut up for use, and therefore rarely survive intact in their original format.Second item: Field 33-34.

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Greene (Graham). Rumour at Nightfall, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1931, a few small spots to preliminaries, origi

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Lot 835

Greene (Graham). Rumour at Nightfall, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1931, a few small spots to preliminaries, original red blindstamped cloth gilt, backstrip lightly faded, extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:A Gun For Sale, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1936, light occasional spotting, original red cloth gilt, some faint white staining to covers and backstrip dulling gilt, 8vo, plusThe Name of Action, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1930, small stamps and excised bookplates to pastedowns and front free endpaper, original blue cloth gilt, small stain to head of upper cover, rubbed, 8vo, with 5 other Graham Greene first editions, including The Third Man and A Burnt-Out Case in dust jacketsQTY: (8)

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Hardy (Thomas). Tess of the d'Urbervilles, limited large paper issue, London: Macmillan and Co., 1926, 41 wood-engravings by

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Lot 838

Hardy (Thomas). Tess of the d'Urbervilles, limited large paper issue, London: Macmillan and Co., 1926, 41 wood-engravings by Vivien Gribble, folding map by Emery Walker, occasional light offsetting from illustrations, circular bookplate of Roy Norr, US collector of illustrated and science books (bookplate designed by Elisha Brown Bird after William Blake's 'I Want! I Want!), original vellum-backed marbled boards (slight discolouration to vellum), dust jacket, a few tears and losses to spine and folds, reinforcements to verso, housed in cloth portfolio and morocco-backed slipcase (a little rubbed with small splits), 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited large paper edition of 325 copies, signed by the author. Purdy 77.

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King (Jessie M., illustrator). A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde, [6th edition], London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., [1915],

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Lot 625

King (Jessie M., illustrator). A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde, [6th edition], London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., [1915], illustrated colour title, 16 tipped-in coloured plates, letterpress spotted, pictorial endpapers (free endpapers toned), top edge gilt, original decorative blue cloth, faded spine with ends lightly worn, 4to, together with The High History of the Holy Graal, translated from the Old French by Sebastian Evans, London: J.M. Dent & New York: E.P. Dutton, 1903, numerous illustrations, half-title and endpapers spotted and toned, top edge gilt, original pictorial cloth, spine faded and slightly stained, few minor marks, 8vo, plus The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems, by William Morris, London and New York: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1904, numerous illustrations, scarce light spotting to letterpress, front pastedown with pictorial bookplate of Henry J. Synnatt, top edge gilt, original pictorial cloth gilt, spine faded, covers rubbed and marked, 8vo, with 4 others illustrated by King and published by Foulis: Isabella or the Pot of Basil, [1907], with original Christmas 1907 greetings slip loosely inserted (with two ink manuscript names); another slightly later edition of the same (colour illustration adhered to front cover); two copies of The Grey City of the North, one 1910 (with red stain to front cover), the other 1914, plus 3 other Foulis envelope-type books: Rabbi Ben Ezra (illustrated by W. Russell Flint); A Little Book of Sundials (illustrated by Alfred Rawlings, 1919); The Dream of Gerontius (illustrated by Robert T. Rose), also another Foulis book (Corners of Grey Old Gardens), and 4 others similar, all narrow or small 8voQTY: (15)NOTE:First item: The sixth edition of this book, but the first edition to be illustrated by Jessie M. King.

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Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The King of the Golden River, by John Ruskin, signed limited edition, London: George Harrap &a

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Lot 675

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The King of the Golden River, by John Ruskin, signed limited edition, London: George Harrap & Co, 1932, 4 full-page colour illustrations, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original publisher's limp vellum gilt, 8vo, contained in original slipcase, 339 of 570 copies, together with:Thomson (Hugh, illustrator). The School for Scandal, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, London: Hodder & Stoughton, circa 1911, 24 mounted colour illustrations, lengthy gift inscription in blue ink to front blank, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original publisher's pictorial full vellum gilt, lightly rubbed and marked, lacking ribbon, 4to, plusRackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Ingoldsby Legends, Mirth & Marvels, 1st edition thus, London: J. M. Dent, 1907, mounted colour illustrations (each with tissue-guard), further tinted and black and white illustrations (both full-page and in-text), hinges slightly tender, original publisher's pictorial green cloth gilt, some wear with loss at foot of spine, rubbed and marked, 4to, withLittle Brother & Little Sister, and other tales by the Brothers Grimm, 1st edition thus, London: Constable & Co, 1917, 12 mounted colour illustrations, further black and white illustrations, a few light spots, original publisher's green cloth gilt, 4toQTY: (4)

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AR * Attributed to Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-1976). ‘Portly’, no date, pencil, ink and watercolour on paper, rough oval-sh

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Lot 576

AR * Attributed to Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-1976). ‘Portly’, no date, pencil, ink and watercolour on paper, rough oval-shaped sketch of the young otter Portly from Wind in the Willows, signed lower left, titled 'Portly' to lower margin, some light pencil marks and minor spotting, 9.5 x 11.4 cm, mounted, framed and glazed (19.5 x 21.5 cm), together with 7 other prints of scenes from Winnie the Pooh or Wind in the Willows, all mounted with Shepard’s original signature, framed and glazed, 33 x 19.5 cm and smallerQTY: (8)NOTE:Provenance: Christopher Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey. Christopher Foyle's aunt, Christina Foyle, presided over the Foyles Literary Luncheons for almost seventy years. This was possibly sketched in connection with one of these literary lunches, which began in 1930. The rough sketch bears traces of pencil beneath the ink, which Shepard would rub out when finishing his drawings in ink or watercolour.

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Yeats (William Butler). John Sherman and Dhoya, Pseudonym Library Series, 1st edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1891, untrimm

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Lot 934

Yeats (William Butler). John Sherman and Dhoya, Pseudonym Library Series, 1st edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1891, untrimmed in original yellow printed wrappers, upper joint splitting, small tears and losses at foot of spine, some dust-soiling and small ink stain to upper wrapper, circular stain to rear wrapper, slim 8vo, together with The Countess Kathleen and Various Legends and Lyrics, Cameo Series, 1st edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892, frontispiece, some toning to endpapers, original parchment-backed boards, spine a little rubbed with some toning, corners rubbed, slim 8vo, plus Poems, London: T. Fisher Unwin, [1913], portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, light toning to half-title, presentation inscription, original blue cloth gilt, spine ends repaired, 8vo, with others by or on Yeats including 1st editions Poems of Spenser, illustrated by Jessie M. King, [1906], The Cutting of an Agate, 1919, and Early Poems and Stories, 1925QTY: (29)NOTE:Wade 4 & 6 for first two titles respectively. John Sherman and Dhoya was written under Yeats' pseudonym 'Ganconagh'.

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Milne (A. A.). The Secret and other Stories, New York: The Fountain Press; London: Methuen and Company Ltd., 1929, Milne's si

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Lot 647

Milne (A. A.). The Secret and other Stories, New York: The Fountain Press; London: Methuen and Company Ltd., 1929, Milne's signature to half-title, original cloth, torn remnants of plain dust jacket retained, slim 8vo (limited signed edition 563/742), together with:Milne (A. A.). Those were the Days, The Day's Play, The Holiday Round, Once a Week, The Sunny Side, London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1929, printed on India paper throughout, Milne's signature to verso of title, early gilt inscription to upper pastedown 'Mary, from Auntie Vera, 1931', original cloth, light fading to spine and head of boards, 8vo (limited signed edition 200/250),Milne (A. A.). The Pooh Calendar, London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., [1930], 13 leaves printed on thin card (including title), illustrated by E. H. Shepard, manuscript to verso of February leaf, occasional light spotting, leaves tied together at head, 8vo (leaf size 26 x 19 cm), plus Milne (A. A. & Fraser-Simson, H.). The Hums of Pooh, Lyrics by Pooh, decorations by E. H. Shepard, additional lyric by Eeyore, London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1929, musical notation and illustrated throughout, original pictorial boards in dust jacket, lightly frayed to extremities, slim 4toQTY: (4)

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* Sassoon (Siegfried Loraine, 1886-1967). Two Autograph Letters Signed with monogram 'SS', Heytesbury House, Wiltshire, 5 Nov

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Lot 779

* Sassoon (Siegfried Loraine, 1886-1967). Two Autograph Letters Signed with monogram 'SS', Heytesbury House, Wiltshire, 5 November 1965 & 27 February 1967, both to Anthony Rossiter, the first referring to Dom Aelred and saying that it is difficult for him to drive himself to Downside [School] now, before continuing, 'It is extraordinary, the consoling effect the Memoirs have on people. A famous steeplechase rider wrote to me last March, saying that it had been the greatest blessing to his mind while in hospital after a bad accident. I always say that the clue to its charm is that it is an unprofessional piece of writing. My later books are more skilful, though not less natural, I hope. You mentioned John Moore. He was brought here once, about twelve years ago, and I found him quite delightful, like his books. I hope you will bring yourself here some afternoon. I am something of a solitary, though befriended by my beeches!; the second letter referring to a recent visit by Dom Aelred and saying that he should wait until the spring before visiting, 'You must also realize – in your tremendous young intellectual explorativeness – that you are addressing the much simplified mind of a complete quietest! I still try to respond to what the world expects of me – (my renown as a war writer, as you infer, has become almost a burden on me) – but I exist in a kind of domestic retreat from worldly concerns. And am, as always, that simple soul George Sherston. Him you will find in his library – living a lot in meditation on past life and those I have loved and lost. That self, people say, does give out the light of faith and submissiveness. But the intellectual adventurer is not there. You must take him as you find him!', both 1 page, 8vo, with the accompanying envelope to the second letterQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: From the family, by direct descent. For further information please see https://www.anthonyrossiter.co.uk Sassoon and Rossiter shared a friendship with Dom Aelred, a monk at Downside School. Dom Aelred was Christopher Ingram Watkin (1918-1997), a housemaster at Downside School, 1948-62, and then Headmaster, 1962-75. Siegfried Sassoon converted to Catholicism in 1957 under the instruction of Dom Sebastian Moore at Downside Abbey, close to his home. Sassoon also sometimes played for a Downside Abbey team called ‘The Ravens’, continuing playing well into his seventies. After meeting Dom Father Aelred Watkin, the Headmaster of Downside School near Bath, in 1960, Rossiter became increasingly drawn to the Catholic Church. He adored the poetry of Gregorian ritual and in his own search for truth, was attracted by the combination of moral values and mysticism that the Benedictines taught. He was received into the Catholic Church in 1962, the beginning of a lifelong attachment to Downside Abbey and to its monastic community. This led to his being asked to paint the portrait of Dom Father Aelred Watkin upon his retirement as Headmaster of the school. The painting hangs, with the other portraits of former headmasters, in the school dining room.

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* Table Game. The Game of Besieging, circa 1810, hand-coloured lithograph on paper, laid onto decorated board, four vignettes

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Lot 499

* Table Game. The Game of Besieging, circa 1810, hand-coloured lithograph on paper, laid onto decorated board, four vignettes to each corner depicting various scenes with soldiers dressed in blue and red, some light marks, boards in four folding sections, 32 x 34.5 cm, paper label to upper board when folded (possibly pasted over another label), edges of board slightly rubbed in places, contained in pink and green slip case, pictorial paper label laid onto upper cover with title in French, German and English, some overall wear, slight loss to upper left edge (1.5 cm), 17.6 x 16.7 x 0.9 cmQTY: (1)

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* German Peepshow. La Fête du Bairam à Constantinople, Das Bairams-Fest in Constantinopel, The Bairam ad Constantinople, circ

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Lot 459

* German Peepshow. La Fête du Bairam à Constantinople, Das Bairams-Fest in Constantinopel, The Bairam ad Constantinople, circa 1835, hand-coloured lithograph panorama showing two well dressed Turkish gentleman leaning against a cream box containing the title, garlands of flowers hanging from the ceiling, a group of people surrounding them celebrating the Sheker-Bayram (Festival of Sweets), pictorial illustration laid down onto lid of shallow cartonnage box containing the peepshow, lid with five peep-holes, a large circular one in the centre and two smaller circular ones either side towards the edge of the image, 6 accordion-folding cut out panels with paper bellows, depicting very busy street scene with a tight-rope walker, street dancers, puppeteer, hookah smokers, etc., some light offsetting to a few bellows, minor spotting, box decorated with yellow paper to sides, red paper to rear panel, blue grey sugar paper pasted to verso of rear panel, presentation inscription 'For my dea little Darlisa. From his affec..ate Putisa. New Year's Day. 1842', 16.8 x 22.8 x 1.6 cm (h x w x d), together with modern archival portfolio boxQTY: (1)NOTE:Peepshow: Gestetner Collection 103.Provenance: Purchased by the vendor with her pocket money, of one old penny, at a Church of England jumble sale in 1960.

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[Plath, Sylvia]. The Bell Jar, by Victoria Lucas, 1st edition, London: Heinemann, 1963, a few small minor stains, small ink b

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Lot 885

[Plath, Sylvia]. The Bell Jar, by Victoria Lucas, 1st edition, London: Heinemann, 1963, a few small minor stains, small ink bookseller annotations to head and foot of front endpaper, Kingstons Ltd, Rhodesia bookseller ticket to front pastedown, original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, light vertical crease mark, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Tabor A4a. 1. Sylvia Plath's only novel, written under the pseudonym 'Victoria Lucas'. 2000 copies were printed.

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* French playing cards. Variety of Paris pattern, Nantes: Roiné (père), Dumoutier, & Roiné (fils), circa 1810, a complete

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Lot 534

* French playing cards. Variety of Paris pattern, Nantes: Roiné (père), Dumoutier, & Roiné (fils), circa 1810, a complete piquet deck of 32 stencil coloured wood engraved playing cards (French suits), single figure courts, JC with maker's details, some cards with watermark eagle of the First Empire (1804-1815), dusty and toned, some light finger-soiling, QS with some small brown stains, KD & QD each with tiny surface loss (likely from paper flaw), 9C with minor corner crease, versos plain white, each card 83 x 55 mm, plus original wrapper (darkened & dusty with some brown marks), 12 cards and wrapper mounted with photo corners onto a display board, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of board), the remainder in a plastic bag, the board 40.5 x 53.5 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.BNF Identifier: ark:/12148/btv1b105260534 (for an Aluette deck by the same makers).Pierre-Vincent and the merchant-cardmaker Jean-Baptiste Cosnard, known as Dumoutier, worked together between 1807 and 1824. His eldest son Pierre (also a cardmaker) joined them for a short time, between 1810-1814. Although the jack of clubs lists all three cardmakers, the wrapper does not mention the son, indicating that this pack was likely produced shortly after Pierre (fils) had joined the company in 1810 and they were still using up old wrappers.

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* French playing cards. Cartomancy or Fortune Telling pack, [Paris: J.C. Carpentier-Méricourt], circa 1830, 31 (of 32, withou

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Lot 522

* French playing cards. Cartomancy or Fortune Telling pack, [Paris: J.C. Carpentier-Méricourt], circa 1830, 31 (of 32, without 7H) hand coloured engraved playing cards (French suits), each with miniature standard playing card to upper left corner (single figure courts), and with printed title below an illustration of suitable figures or landscapes, dusty, some light finger-soiling, spots and occasional minor marks, QS with pale staining to upper left, versos plain white, each card 105 x 66 mm, 20 cards corner mounted onto a display board (54.5 x 40 cm), encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of display board), the remainder contained in original card box (defective & without lid), front panel with hand coloured pictorial label stating Violet Editeur, inner lip with printed label of Alph. Giroux, ParisQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.British Musem 1866,1110.647-679 (Willshire, French 89), also 1868,0711.443-474 (Willshire, French 90). Willshire describes the booklet accompanying the deck, entitled Le Livre de Destin, which has the imprint de Carpentier Mericourt, Rue Trainée S.Eustache, No.15.

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Fowles (John). The Collector, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1963, a few light spots to endpapers, original cloth, dust

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Lot 826

Fowles (John). The Collector, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1963, a few light spots to endpapers, original cloth, dust jacket, slight fading to spine, light spots to rear panel, 8vo, together with 3 other 1st editions by the author: The French Lieutenant's Woman, 1969, Daniel Martin, 1977, and Mantissa, 1982QTY: (4)

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Meggendorfer (Lothar, illustrator). Für Brave Kinder, 7th edition, Munchen: Braun & Schneider, circa 1888, 8 coloured lit

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Lot 642

Meggendorfer (Lothar, illustrator). Für Brave Kinder, 7th edition, Munchen: Braun & Schneider, circa 1888, 8 coloured lithographs each with moveable elements, all working with tab (some renewed), first plate gutter reinforced, light offsetting from pivot pins, Dawson ex libris and Fritz ? Homburg stamps to front pastedown, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, a few small water stains to upper board, light rubbing to extremities, 4to, housed in custom-made modern slipcaseQTY: (1)

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* French playing cards. Jeu de Cartes Arithmétique, Pierre Boboeuf: Paris, 1840, the complete Piquet deck of 32 chromolithogr

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Lot 526

* French playing cards. Jeu de Cartes Arithmétique, Pierre Boboeuf: Paris, 1840, the complete Piquet deck of 32 chromolithographed playing cards (French suits), designed by Ferdinand Séré, depicting the numbers 1-32, each with miniature playing card at top, and ornate decorations with miniature illuminated-style illustrations in red, green, blue & gold, red outline borders, corners lightly worn, some generally light spotting and toning, few minor marks, AS with small corner crease, 9C with small brown corner stain, QS with short tear to bottom edge (with tiny loss), versos plain white, each card 86 x 57 mm, 20 cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of board), the remainder in a plastic bag, the board 54 x 40 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Ader Auctions, 01/07/2019, lot 321; Cartorama 82, #68; Cary, FRA 252; Verame, Sublimes Cartes á Jouer, illustrated p.110.This deck appears to be a most unusual example, having white numerals on a blue background with red foliate decoration. All other examples seen (as listed above) have black numerals on a plain white background.

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Tolkien (J. R. R.). The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 1st edition, London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 195

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Lot 909

Tolkien (J. R. R.). The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 1st edition, London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1954, folding map at rear, neat previous owner signature to front endpaper, top edge red, original red cloth gilt, dust jacket, some light toning to spine, one or two tiny closed tears, minor stains to rear panel, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Hammond A5a. 3000 copies printed of this first volume of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Part 2, The Two Towers was also first published in 1954, the final volume, The Return of the King was first published in 1955.

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Johns (W.E). Biggles - Charter Pilot, The Adventures of Biggles & Co. On a world-wide cruise of scientific investigation,

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Lot 857

Johns (W.E). Biggles - Charter Pilot, The Adventures of Biggles & Co. On a world-wide cruise of scientific investigation, 1st edition, London: Oxford University Press, 1943, colour frontispiece, black and white illustrations, original red pictorial cloth, light rubbing to extremities, dust jacket, priced 5/- to front flap, wear with loss to spine (affecting text), neat archival tape repairs to verso, 8vo, together with:Biggles Gets His Men, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1950, black and white illustrations, original blue cloth, dust jacket, small vertical mark to spine, 8vo, plusBiggles at World's End, 1st edition, Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1959, colour frontispiece, 5 black and white illustrations, original dark red cloth, dust jacket (price-clipped), lightly rubbed, 8vo, withBiggles Goes To School, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1951, frontispiece, 7 illustrations, original pictorial red cloth, dust jacket, spine somewhat faded, lightly rubbed, 8vo, with 35 other first and early editions of Biggles titles in dust jacketsQTY: (39)

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Powys (Llewelyn). The Book of Days of Llewelyn Powys. Thoughts from his philosophy selected by John Wallis, Golden Cockerel P

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Lot 887

Powys (Llewelyn). The Book of Days of Llewelyn Powys. Thoughts from his philosophy selected by John Wallis, Golden Cockerel Press, 1937, printed in red and black, 12 etched plates by Elizabeth Corsellis, occasional light offsetting, presentation inscription to front endpaper, extra suite of 9 plates only (of 12) contained in rear pocket, top edge gilt, original full morocco by Zaehnsdorf, London, small split at head of joint, one corner bumped, some edge wear and stains, folio, limited edition 51/55 from a total edition of 300, signed by the artist, together with Powys (John Cowper). Lucifer, limited issue, London: Macdonald, 1956, wood-engravings by Agnes Miller Parker, original morocco-backed boards, acetate wrapper, 8vo, limited signed edition 322/560, plus Powys (T. F.) What Lack I Yet?, privately printed, London: E. Archer, March 1927, 11 pp., some light toning, text block detached, original marbled wrappers, small number in manuscript and abrasion at foot of upper wrapper, 4to, limited signed edition 100/100, with 9 other limited editions, including another Golden Cockerel edition of The Book of Days of Llewelyn Powys, 1937 (limited edition 236/300), Fables, by T. F. Powys, 1929, limited signed edition 259/750, The Key of the Field, by T. F. Powys, No. 1 of the Furnival Books, 1930, limited signed edition 75/550, The Only Penitent, by T. F. Powys, 1931, limited signed edition 126/160, and Make Thyself Many, by T. F. Powys, 1935, limited signed edition 188/285 QTY: (12)

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Manuscript storybook. Comprising a collection of seven illustrated children's adventure stories written in manuscript, early

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Lot 637

Manuscript storybook. Comprising a collection of seven illustrated children's adventure stories written in manuscript, early 20th century, 157 pages on 79 leaves neatly written in the same hand on laid paper, general title not present, with numerous well-executed illustrations hand-coloured in watercolour throughout volume, contents leaf bearing names in pencil of Miss Florence Gray, Bololph House, Winslow, Bucks and L. C. Chapman(?), St. Mildreds, Surbiton to upper margin, some light toning and occasional minor finger-soiling, marbled endpapers, later blue cloth by Birdsall of Northampton, small 4to (20.3 x 16 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:The stories within the volume comprise The Children's Adventures in the Forest (59 pictures); The Wonderful Adventures of Charlie & Madge (56 pictures); The Fairy Door (59 pictures); The Adventures of the Mouse Family (43 pictures); The History of Bobby Benson (60 Pictures); The Prince & His Fairy Belt (140 pictures); and The Adventures of a White Kitten (73 pictures).

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Thomas De La Rue & Co. (publishers). A collection of 5 illustrated books, 1880s, comprising The Fairy Horn, by S. Theyre Smit

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Lot 690

Thomas De La Rue & Co. (publishers). A collection of 5 illustrated books, 1880s, comprising The Fairy Horn, by S. Theyre Smith, Clever Hans, by the Brothers Grimm, illustrated by J. Lawson, Rumpelstiltskin, by George R. Halkett, The Baby's "Debut.", by J. Smith, illustrated by G. A. Konstam, E. Casella, and N. Casella, The Maypole, illustrated by G. A. Konstam, E. Casella and N. Casella, colour illustrations, advertisements, occasional light offsetting, original wrappers, all bound in contemporary brown half morocco, rubbed and scuffed, small 4to, together with Caldecott (Randolph). The Fox Jumps over the Parson's Gate; Come Lasses and Lads; Ride A-Cock Horse to Banbury + A Farmer Went Trotting upon his Grey Mare; The Milkmaid; Hey Diddle Diddle and Baby Bunting; A Frog he Would A-Wooing Go; The Great Panjandrum Himself; An Elegy on the Glory of her Sex. Mrs Mary Blaize, R. Caldecott's Picture Books series, 1870s-80s, colour illustrations, occasional light spotting and offsetting, all bound in contemporary half morocco, rubbed and scuffed, oblong 4to, with others illustrated including 6 illustrated books mostly illustrated by W. J. Hodgson, 1880s, bound together, Baby's Own Aesop, by Walter Crane, 1887, Familiar Rhymes from Mother Goose, illustrated by Chester Loomis, Ernest Nister, 1888, Kate Greenaway's Book of Games, [1889], The Story of the Treasure Seekers, by E. Nesbit, 1899, The Adventures of Uncle Lubin, by W. Heath Robinson, 1902 (lacking front endpaper), Uncle Remus, illustrated by Rene Bull, circa 1906, the Red Book of Animal Stories, by Andrew Lang, 1st edition, 1899 (lower joint split), Driscoll, King of Scouts, by A. G. Hales, 1st edition, Bristol, 1901, Fairy Tales from Grimm, illustrated by Gordon Browne, 2nd edition, 1894, and The English Struwwelpeter or Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures, by Heinrich Hoffmann, George Routledge & Sons, circa 1910QTY: (17)

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Greene (Graham). The Man Within, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1929, one or two marginal spots, original cloth (ver

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Lot 836

Greene (Graham). The Man Within, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1929, one or two marginal spots, original cloth (very slight lean), dust jacket, spine very slightly toned, light vertical crease mark to rear flap, contained in a recent morocco-backed solander box by the Chelsea Bindery, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:An excellent copy of the author's first novel.

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Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth & Marvels, signed limited edition, London: J. M. Dent, 190

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Lot 674

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth & Marvels, signed limited edition, London: J. M. Dent, 1907, signed by Rackham to limitation leaf, 24 mounted colour plates (with captioned tissue guards), 12 tinted plates, further small black and white illustrations in-text, pictorial endpapers, contemporary mounted gift inscription on card to front blank, leaves occasionally lightly toned with a few spots, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original publisher's pictorial vellum gilt, tie lacking, a few light marks, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition, 428/560 copies. Riall, p. 83.

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Orwell (George). Down and Out in Paris and London, 1st edition, London: Victor Gollancz, 1933, some light spotting, original

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Lot 881

Orwell (George). Down and Out in Paris and London, 1st edition, London: Victor Gollancz, 1933, some light spotting, original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, tiny tear and nicks at spine ends, corners rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Fenwick A1a. The author's first published novel.

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Fleming (Ian). For Your Eyes Only, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1960, light crease mark to last leaf and rear endpaper

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Lot 820

Fleming (Ian). For Your Eyes Only, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1960, light crease mark to last leaf and rear endpaper, original cloth, dust jacket, spine slightly rubbed with lettering faded to orange (as often), 8voQTY: (1)

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Crompton (Richmal). William - the Conqueror, 1st edition, London: George Newnes, [1926], illustrations by Thomas Henry, 3 pp.

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Lot 802

Crompton (Richmal). William - the Conqueror, 1st edition, London: George Newnes, [1926], illustrations by Thomas Henry, 3 pp. advertisements at end, a few light spots, contemporary pencil presentation inscription to front pastedown, original red cloth, foot of spine a little faded, dust jacket, tear and loss at foot of spine and along front flap, a few other small chips, closed tears and creases, small stains to rear panel, 8voQTY: (1)

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Yeats (W. B.) Poems, 2nd UK edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1899, portrait frontispiece, advertisements at rear, some light

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Lot 935

Yeats (W. B.) Poems, 2nd UK edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1899, portrait frontispiece, advertisements at rear, some light spotting and marginal water stains, original cloth with elaborate gilt decoration by Althea Gyles in bright condition, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Wade 17. First published in 1895.

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Buchan (John). The Power-House, 1st edition, London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1916, leaves lightly browned, original red c

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Lot 790

Buchan (John). The Power-House, 1st edition, London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1916, leaves lightly browned, original red cloth, facsimile dust jacket, 8vo, together with:The Moon Endureth, Tales and Fancies, 1st edition, London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1912, publisher's advertisements at rear, original black cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, 8vo, plusMidwinter, Central Travellers in Old England, inscribed copy, London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1925, inscribed by the author 'Alfred Jubb from John Buchan' to front free endpaper, a few light spots, original red cloth gilt, dust jacket, extremities frayed with small loss, with 10 other works by John BuchanQTY: (13)

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