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Lot 5283
A blue morocco "Patent ABC Despatch Box" by one of the finest makers "Jenner & Newstub, To the Queen, 33 St.James's St & 68 Jermyn St" This despatch box has a hinged lid, with sunken brass carry handle and blank cartouche, and opens to reveal a sliding compartmented tray with "light" box, pen trays and inner compartments above a well containing a lift-out, handled, tray of alphabetic sleeves, A to Z, sliding on rods beside a further lift out, handled, stationery rack. The inner lid strap with slots for pens, released by a catch, contains the original writing palette, a leather bound blotter and a criss-crossed leather visiting card tidy. Height 24cm, Width 38cm Depth 18cm. *Probably intended for an important politician, this despatch box is in near fine, unused, unfaded condition.
Lot 373
DONALD WATSON: BIRDS OF MOOR AND MOUNTAIN, Edinburgh and London, Scottish Academic Press, 1972, 1st edition, 4to, original cloth, d/w (small part losses and rubbing) + DAVID A CHRISTIE & ERIK HIRSCHFELD (TRANS/EDS): BIRDS AND LIGHT, THE ART OF LARS JONSSON, London, Christopher Helm, 2002, 1st edition, signed and inscribed by artist, oblong 4to, original boards, d/w, vgc + ROB HUME: BIRDS AN ARTISTS VIEWS, SELECTED PAINTINGS BY TERANCE JAMES BOND, Limpsfield Dragons World, 1993, 1st edition, signed and inscribed by artist on half title, further signed by author on title page, 4to, original cloth, d/w, vgc + WORKS BY ARCHIBALD THORBURN FROM THE THORBURN MUSEUM, 1993, 1st edition, Sotheby's auction catalogue, oblong original boards, d/w, vgc (4)
Lot 153
THE ENGLISH EXPERIENCE, ITS RECORD IN EARLY PRINTED BOOKS PUBLISHED IN FACSIMILE, 5 assorted titles: HERESBACH: FOURE BOOKES OF HUSBANDRY, 1971 facsimile of London 1577 edition, original cloth gilt; THOMAS BELL: THE ANATOMI OF POPISH TYRANNIE, 1975 facsimile of London 1603 edition, original cloth gilt; [THOMAS DEKKER]: LANTHORNE AND CANDLE-LIGHT, 1973 facsimile of London 1608 edition, original cloth gilt; JOHN DONNE: JVVENILIA, 1970 facsimile of London 1633 edition, original cloth gilt; WILLIAM CROWNE: TRAVELS OF THOMAS LORD HOWARD, 1971 facsimile of London 1637 edition, original cloth gilt (5)
Lot 112
A JAEGER-LECOULTRE POCKET/ DESK TRAVEL CLOCK WITH ALARM. BATON DIALLED NUMERALS AND BLACK ENAMEL BATON BEZEL. PRESENTATION ENGRAVING ON REVERSE, TO MALCOLM, 6TH JUNE 1962. G.L.K. SERIAL NUMBER 711215. DIAMETER 4.3cms. THE MOVEMENT FULLY WINDS, AND IS TICKING AND KEEPING TIME FOR THE HOUR TESTED, THE ALARM FUNCTION APPEARS TO WORK AS IT SHOULD. HOWEVER WITH ALL TIMEPIECES WE ARE UNABLE TO OFFER ANY FORM OF GUARANTEE. CONDITION- CASE WITH VARIOUS EDGE WEAR TO THE GOLD PLATING SHOWING THROUGH TO THE BASE METAL. SMALL SCRATCHES TO CASE. GENERAL LIGHT USAGE WEAR.
Lot 177
A ROLEX PERPETUAL GOLD SELF WINDING WATER RESISTANT CHRONOMETER WRIST WATCH. BUBBLE BACK MODEL NUMBER 5050, CASE NUMBER 656697,19505. THE NICKEL PLATED SELF WINDING MOVEMENT NUMBERED 33701, THE MATT WHITE DIAL WITH ROMAN NUMERALS IN THE TOP HALF AND ARABIC NUMERALS IN THE LOWER HALF. GOLD "MERCEDES" HANDS AND SWEEP SECONDS,THE TWO PIECE CASE WITH CHAMFERED BEZEL, SCREW DOWN "ROLEX OYSTER" WINDER AND SCREWED BACK, WITH LEATHER STRAP AND ROLEX GILT BUCKLE, CASE, DIAL AND MOVEMENT SIGNED. 39 X 32mm. PROVENANCE REVENBORG COLLECTION, CHRISTIES, 1997. CONDITION -THE WATCH IS TICKING UPON WRIST MOVEMENT AND KEEPING TIME FOR THE HOUR TESTED. HOWEVER WITH ALL TIMEPIECES WE ARE UNABLE TO OFFER ANY FORM OF GUARANTEE.APPEARS IN GOOD AGE COMMENSURATE CONDITION WITH SOME EXPECTED LIGHT WEAR TO THE CASE , MINOR SCRATCHES -THE STRAP LATER, IN USED BUT SOUND CONDITION . 14ct gold case. OUR VENDOR STATES HE HAS REGULARLY HAD THE WATCH SERVICED BY STEVEN HALES SINCE HIS PURCHASE IN 1997- THE CHRISTIES CONDITION REPORT POINTED OUT THAT THE DIAL HAD BEEN EXPERTLY RESTORED.AT PRESENT WE HAVE NO IMAGES OF THE INTERNALS AS OUR WATCHMAKER IS SHEILDING. IF WE ARE ABLE TO IMAGE THE MOVEMENT THOSE PICTURES WILL BE ADDED IMMEDIATELY- HOWEVER WE CAN OFFER A FULL ASSURANCE THAT THE MOVEMENT IS CORRECT AND AS DESCRIBED,
Lot 32
A 9ct GOLD HALLMARKED GOLD GENTS TUDOR SHOCK RESISTANT WATCH, WITH A MANUAL WOUND, 17 RUBIES SWISS MOVEMENT. CASE DATED 1977, BIRMINGHAM. THE WATCH FITTED WITH A LATER CALF SKIN BROWN LEATHER STRAP. THE WATCH FULLY WINDS, AND IS TICKING AND KEEPING TIME FOR THE HOUR TESTED. HOWEVER WITH ALL TIMEPIECES WE ARE UNABLE TO OFFER ANY FORM OF GUARANTEE. CONDITION- THE WATCH IS IN GOOD AGE COMMENSURATE CONDITION. GENERAL SIGNS OF LIGHT PAST USE.
Lot 697
the circular top with sectioned Kingwood, the skirt with Maccasar Kingwood and ebony, raised on three fluted columns to a triangular plinth base 77 x 122cmCondition report: In good decorative order, re-polished, slight veneer cracking to top surface and some small veneer chips to rim, light scuffs and marks to rim and to base commensurate with age and use.
Lot 699
probably made by G. W. Evans, with two frieze drawers over two fall-front cupboard doors and raised on ebonised tapering legs, Heal's ivorine disc to left-hand drawer 96 x 137 x 46cmCondition report: Drawers and fall fronts with good action, overall in nice condition with some light scratches and scuffs. The right hand fall front with an interior splice repair - see images.
![[Peacock, Thomas Love]. Melincourt, by the author of Headlong Hall, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: T. Hookham, Jun. and Co.,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/9d88dee8-be88-44ca-9a35-ad3600da6ce4/42d6d1cd-3f12-4027-8588-ad36010fcc1f/468x382.jpg)
Lot 437
[Peacock, Thomas Love]. Melincourt, by the author of Headlong Hall, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: T. Hookham, Jun. and Co., and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1817, half-titles discarded, some generally light spotting, engraved bookplate of John Phillips Beavan to each volume, contemporary green half calf gilt, rubbed and faded, a little wear to extremities, 12moQty: (3)NOTESSadleir 1957e. Thomas Love Peacock's second prose satire, in which the civilized orang-utan Sir Oran Haut-on is elected MP for the rotten borough of Onevote. Rare.
Lot 438
Peacock (Thomas Love). Palmyra, and other Poems, 1st edition, London: by T. Bensley for W.J. and J. Richardson, 1806, engraved frontispiece, some spotting, Ex Libris book ticket of R.W. Chapman, hinges cracked, contemporary sprinkled calf, joints cracked, some wear, 8vo, together with: Ibid., Headlong Hall, 2nd edition, London: for T. Hookham Jun. and Co.; and Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, 1816, book ticket of Lytton Strachey, all edges gilt, front hinge cracked after endpapers, contemporary calf gilt by Charles Lewis of Duke Street, St. James's, London, with his gilt monogrammed red morocco label on front pastedown, gilt-decorated spine, turn-ins and edges, gilt-lettering piece to spine, somewhat rubbed and faded, 12mo, plus: Ibid., The Genius of the Thames: a lyrical poem, in two parts, 1st edition, London: for T. Hookham, Jun. [et al], 1810, fore-edge and foot untrimmed, front hinge cracked after p.vi, original publisher's boards, printed paper label to spine, rubbed with some wear to extremities, marked spine with loss at head, front joint cracked, 8vo, Ibid., The Philosophy of Melancholy, a poem in four parts with a mythological ode, London: Printed by William Bulmer & Co., Shakspeare press, for T. Hookham, Jun. & E.T. Hookham, Gale & Curtis, and Edinburgh: John Ballantyne & Co., 1812, scattered spotting and some damp staining to margins, bookplates of Joseph Strutt, contemporary diced calf, rebacked with gilt-decorated spine, light wear and few marks, 4to, with 7 other Peacock titles, mostly 1st editions, and 2 other Peacock-related, including Un Épicurien Anglais: Thomas Love Peacock, by Jean-Jacques Mayoux, 1933Qty: (13)NOTESHeadlong Hall: Lauded as one of the best bookbinders of his day Charles Lewis (1786-1836) was patronized by some of the foremost collectors, including the 2nd Earl Spencer, owner of the magnificent library at Althorp, as well as the 6th Duke of Devonshire whose library at Chatsworth was one of the finest in the country.
Lot 439
Stella (Jacques). Les Jeux et Plaisris de l'Enfance, Paris: aux Galleries du Louvre chez la ditte Stella, 1657, engraved pictorial title-page, letterpress dedication leaf and engraved armorial leaf, 50 plates engraved by Claudine Stella after Jacques Stella, depicting scenes of putti engaged in various children's games, sports and pastimes, occasional light scattered spotting, marbled endpapers with repaired hinges, upper pastedown with armorial bookplates of James Bindley Esqr. Stamp Office, London and Chute of The Vyne (Sherborne St John, Hampshire), all edges gilt, contemporary gilt panelled and decorated red morocco, modern reback with gilt decorated spine and black morocco title label, small oblong 4to (21 x 27.3 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: 1) James Bindley; 2) Chute of The Vyne, Sherborne St John, Hampshire; 3) By descent.Gumuchian 3413.
Lot 441
Kingsley (Charles). The Water-Babies: 1st edition, 2nd issue, London & Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1863, 2nd issue without the 'l'Envoi' leaf, 2 illustrations by J. Noel Paton, advertisement leaf at end, occasional spotting and light soiling, hinges broken, original green cloth gilt, spine torn and faded, some edge wear and stains, 8vo (binding copy?), together with Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark, 1st edition, 1876 (defective, lacking 2 leaves at end)Qty: (2)
Lot 444
Kipling (Rudyard). The Jungle Book, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1894, illustrations by J.L. Kipling, W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny, some light spotting and soiling, all edges gilt, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed, small stain to upper cover, slight lean, 8vo, together with The Second Jungle Book, 1st edition, London & New Yorik: Macmillan and Co., 1895, illustrations by J.L. Kipling, advertisement leaf at end, some light spotting, all edges gilt, original blue cloth gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed, tiny nick to lower edge of upper cover, 8voQty: (2)
Lot 445
Kipling (Rudyard). The Jungle Book, 1st edition, London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1894, illustrations by J.L. Kipling, W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny, final two leaves and rear endpaper detaching, occasional light spotting, contemporary previous owner inscription at head of title, all edges gilt, original blue cloth gilt, spine a little darkened and rubbed at ends, joints lightly rubbed, corners rubbed, a couple of small stains to upper cover, slight lean, 8vo, together with The Second Jungle Book, 1st edition, London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1895, illustrations by J.L. Kipling, advertisement leaf at end, some light spotting, contemporary previous owner inscription to front endpaper, all edges gilt, original blue cloth gilt, spine a little darkened and rubbed at ends, joints and corners a little rubbed, slight lean, 8voQty: (2)
![* Railway game. Spoorweg-reis Binnens Kamers [Railroad Journey Inside Rooms], Amsterdam: Erve Wijsmuller, mid-19th century, h](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/9d88dee8-be88-44ca-9a35-ad3600da6ce4/eef9723e-2e78-440c-8e3b-ad36010fd284/468x382.jpg)
Lot 449
* Railway game. Spoorweg-reis Binnens Kamers [Railroad Journey Inside Rooms], Amsterdam: Erve Wijsmuller, mid-19th century, hand-coloured lithographed board game on paper, comprising a spiral track divided into 62 numbered boxes, each with a hand-coloured vignette, the centre containing instructions in Dutch above a scene of the grand final railway station, the four corners with further railway scenes, a couple of light creases, blank margins with some light soiling, 49.5 x 72.5 cm (19.5 x 28.5 ins), framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESThe vignettes include a variety of railway scenes and incidents, such as trains, carriages, railway workers, passengers, stations, railway bridges etc., with box 58 depicting a somewhat gruesome scene of a horse that has been run over by a train, indicating the dying-out of the old modes of transport (horses) as they are taken over - in this case literally run over - by the new (the railways).
Lot 452
* Anthropomorphic map cards. Skits, A Game of the Shires, London: Jaques & Son, circa 1900, 80 cards (complete), comprising 40 numbered county map cards, and 40 accompanying cards with each county pictured as a person, animal, or object, each with verse, some light spotting and a few marks, and no. 25 (Monmouthsire map) with vertical crease to right-hand side, but edges crisp, pale green versos, 76 x 57mm, lacking 4pp. rule leaflet (supplied in facsimile), contained in original cardboard box with pictorial label on front, some wear to edges, with one hinge splitting, and top edge detached on 3 sidesQty: (1)NOTESExtremely rare. With verses such as: 'Dear Cantabs, old Sambo's our brother,/So every harsh thought we should smother;/Though dark his complexion/He votes at th'election;/Then let us all love one another' and 'What a boon is a notch on the nose/Where the arch of the spectacles goes;/This Staffordshire belle/Its convenience can tell,/For her pince-nez ne'er loses its pose'.
Lot 453
* Soviet Union. Literature & Theatre, circa 1910-1930, Soviet Union State Playing Card Monopoly, 1910-1930, 52 chromolithographed playing cards, French suits, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pip cards 1-10 and three double-ended court cards, English indices, lacking the Joker, slightly dusty, versos patterned in dark and pale blue with a central quatrefoil on a lattice panel enclosed within a scrolling volute border, gilt over green edges, rounded corners, 89 x 58mm, contained in a patterned cardboard box for the Soviet 'Anti-Religions' deck, produced by the same company in the 1930s, slightly rubbed, short split in one hinge, and lacking top flap, together with Scandinavia. Dragon, Norway: Kristiania Litografiske Aktiebolag, circa 1890-1910, 52 chromolithographed playing cards, French suits, comprising four suits of thirteen, each with pip cards 1-10 and three double-ended court cards designed by Andreas Bloch, ace of spades with red ink duty stamp, lightly toned, occasional marks and light spotting, a few small corner creases, red patterned versos with rampant lion in centre, rounded corners, 92 x 60mm, plus The "Rameses" Fortune-Telling Pack of Playing Cards, Chas. Goodall & Son Ltd., circa 1910, complete, with 4pp. instructions (creased) and original box (rubbed and marked)Qty: (3)NOTESThe first deck features characters taken from literary works and the theatre, for example the Queen of Diamonds is Scheherazade and the Knave of Hearts is Pierrot.
Lot 455
* Victorian Map Block Puzzle. A boxed set of map puzzle blocks, Paris: Charles Verneau, late 19th century, six hand-coloured lithographed maps: Mappemonde, Amerique, Europe, Asie, France, Afrique, dissected and laid on the faces of 20 wooden cubes, dust-soiled and rubbed, some light marks or stains, adhesive starting to fail in places, some edge wear, one section of Amerique with loss, one section of Asie repaired, with two (of 5) loose guide maps (plus Europe map adhered to box lid), dust-soiled and edge-frayed, Amerique map with two longer closed tears, contained in original wooden box, with 'Paris' engraved on the clasp remnant, lacking hinges and clasp, map on lid rubbed and stained, 19 x 24 x 5.5 cmQty: (1)
Lot 473
* Blyton (Enid, 1897-1968). Autograph letter signed, 'Enid Darrell Waters', Green Hedges letterhead, 10 February 1947, to Mrs Clarke [sic], 'I know that words are of no use at a time like this, but I felt I really must send you my deepest sympathy in your terrible loss. Everyone admired and liked your husband so very much, and it was always such a pleasure to come into the shop and talk to him ...', two pages on letterhead printed in red, light central fold, 8voQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Joy Clark, thence by descent. Joy Clark (born 1937) grew up in Beaconsfield with her parents Isabella and Cecil Clark. The Clarks ran an ironmongers shop in the town and Enid Blyton was a regular customer. For many years whenever one of her books was published, Blyton would kindly sign and give a book to Joy, who was a small child at the time. Enid was apparently very familiar with and fond of the family, which we believe is why she sent this hand-written condolence letter, using her married name, on the death of Cecil in 1947. Enid Blyton married Kenneth Fraser Darrell Waters, her second husband, in 1943.
![Baumer (Lewis, illustrator). Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray, London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1913], 20 tipped-i](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/9d88dee8-be88-44ca-9a35-ad3600da6ce4/c084c590-5159-425c-8a67-ad36010fdcf7/468x382.jpg)
Lot 474
Baumer (Lewis, illustrator). Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray, London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1913], 20 tipped-in colour plates, a little light toning, some spotting to endpapers and a few small wormholes to limitation leaf, top edge gilt, original vellum gilt, upper cover with oval mounted illustration, silk ties, slight marginal discolouration to upper cover, else a bright copy, 4toQty: (1)NOTESLimited signed edition 120/350.
![Fairy Books. The Diamond Fairy Book, 1st edition, London: Hutchinson & Co., [1897], illustrations by H.R. Millar, occasio](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/9d88dee8-be88-44ca-9a35-ad3600da6ce4/8af70026-018c-4be6-a9ab-ad3d0110118a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 479
Fairy Books. The Diamond Fairy Book, 1st edition, London: Hutchinson & Co., [1897], illustrations by H.R. Millar, occasional light spotting and soiling, decorative endpapers (small inscription to front endpaper), all edges gilt, original red cloth, upper cover illustrated in gilt, small tear at head of spine, water stain to lower cover, a couple of small indentations, 8vo, together with The Brown Fairy Book, edited by Andrew Lang, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, 1904, colour and monochrome plates, pp. 190/191 with abrasions and loss of text, some light soiling and stains, abrasions to rear endpapers, hinges tender, all edges gilt, original brown cloth gilt, small splits to joints, spoine ends and edges rubbed, 8vo, with 2 others including Aesop's Fables, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1931 reprintQty: (4)
Lot 480
Milne (A.A.). Now We Are Six, 1st edition, London: Methuen, 1927, illustrations by E.H. Shepard, a little minor spotting and toning, top edge gilt, original red cloth gilt, spine faded and a little rubbed at ends, together with When We Were Very Young, 3rd edition, 1924, illustrations by E.H. Shepard, pp. 79/80 with closed tear in illustration, occasional soiling and spotting, hinges a little tender, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, joints and edges lightly rubbed, small stains to upper cover, 8vo, plus Winnie-the-Pooh, 3rd edition, 1927, illustrations by E.H. Shepard, light toning to first and final leaves, illustrated endpapers (front endpaper with tiny nick, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, spine a little darkened and rubbed at ends, 8vo, with four others by A. A. Milne including When We Were Very Young, 15th edition and Now We Are Six, 6th edition, 1931Qty: (7)
Lot 482
Potter (Beatrix). The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit, 1st edition, Warne, 1906, first issue with "London & New York" on the rear cover, 14 colour illustrations with corresponding text leaves bound concertina-style, some light marks, folds rubbed and 3 leaves creased, original wallet-style olive green cloth binding with tab fastening and dark blue lettering, upper cover with mounted colour illustration, some juvenile pencil marks to covers, 16moQty: (1)NOTESLinder, p.426; Quinby 12.
Lot 486
Banbury Cross Series. The Banbury Cross Series, prepared for children by Grace Rhys, 9 volumes (of 12), 1st editions, London: J.M. Dent, 1894-95, comprising: Jack the Giant-Killer and Beauty and the Beast, The History of Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper, The House that Jack Built & Other Nursery Rhymes, Blue Beard and Puss in Boots, Aladdin or the Wonderful Lamp, Fireside Stories, The Fairy Gifts and Tom Hickathrift, Aesop's Fables, The History of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, illustrations by R. Anning Bell, R. Heighway, V. & E. Holden, Charles Robinson, H. Granville Fell, Alice M. Mitchell, Sidney H. Heath and others, Fireside Stories illustrations with contemporary hand-colouring and printed slip adhered to front free endpaper verso 'The illustrations in this book were coloured by hand by Miss Gloria Cardew', decorative endpapers, most free endpapers toned, Fireside front pastedown with small surface loss and both hinges with adhesive tape stain, top edges gilt, Fireside all edges gauffered, all except Fireside in original pictorial green or burgandy cloth gilt, with cloth ties, spines faded, partial light fading to a few covers, Cinderella front cover stained to lower left corner, Fairy Gifts & Cinderella lacking rear silk ties, Aladdin lacking both ties, Fireside Stories in full brown morocco gilt by the Guild of Women-Binders (ink stamp to verso of front free pastedown), front cover with gilt pictorial design based on the story of Chicken-Licken combined with the 'Banbury Cross', neatly rebacked, top edges of covers a little darkened, 3 corners showing, edges somewhat rubbed, tiny mark to chicken's foot, together with three duplicates: Aesop's Fables in original grey/cream cloth with blue printed design to front cover, and two copies of Fireside Stories in original pictorial cloth gilt (one with covers stained), all small 8voQty: (12)
Lot 511
* Wain (Louis, 1860-1939). Club Cat, pen and black ink on pale cream wove paper, signed lower left, with inscription in pencil to upper margin 'Club News. Actor writes home. "Dear Wife. I am unexpectedly called away to a very serious case, which may keep me up to the early hours of the morning. Am so sorry. Lovingly, Johnny".', light handling marks to margins and minor discolouration to upper left and right corners, 54 x 36.5 cm (21.25 x 14.25 ins), framed and glazedQty: (1)
Lot 522
Dick (Philip K.) A Handful of Darkness, 1st UK edition, 2nd state, London: Rich and Cowan, 1955, light spotting to fore margins, endpapers with light partial offsetting from flaps, 2nd state red boards, dust jacket, a few small chips and tears, small repair at foot of spine verso, 8voQty: (1)
Lot 527
Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: Jonathan Cape, 1953, one or two light spots, previous owner signature to front endpaper, original black cloth, red heart motif to upper cover, 1st issue dust jacket (without the Sunday Times review to the front flap), small translucent archival reinforcement to verso of spine ends and folds, slight toning to rear panel, 8voQty: (1)NOTESGilbert A1a.
Lot 529
Gallico (Paul). The Snow Goose, 1st edition, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1941, light toning to endpapers, original cloth, dust jacket, one or two small chips and tears, 8vo, together with Hudson (W.H.). Green Mansions, 1926; The Purple Land, 1929, 1st illustrated editions, illustrations by Keith Henderson, a little minor spotting, original cloth, dust jackets, spines a little faded with small stain and chips, 8vo, together with 10 others including Arthur Conan Doyle's The Maracot Deep, 1931 reprint (in 2/- dust jacket), The Lost World, new edition, 1914, and The Poison Belt, Newnes Shilling Novel paperback edition, circa 1920, Gustave Aimard's The Tiger Slayer, Ward, Lock & Co., circa 1885, R. Talbot Kelly's Egypt, A & C Black, 1902, Edition de Luxe 254/500, Harcourt Williams's Tales from Ebony, 1904 and 2 illustrated editions of The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayQty: (13)
Lot 531
Greene (Graham). The End of the Affair, 1951; The Quiet American, 1955; Loser Takes All, 1955; The Spy's Bedside Book, 1957; Our Man in Havana, 1958; The Complaisant Lover, 1959, 1st editions, occasional light spotting and toning, presentation inscription to End of the Affair, small ink stamp to Loser Takes All, original cloth, dust jackets, Spy's Bedside Book price-clipped with some fading to spine, a few tears and chips to others, 8vo, together with others by the author including In Search of a Character, 1961, A Burnt-Out Case, 1961, A Sense of Reality, 1963, The Comedians, 1966, May We Borrow Your Husband, 1967 and an uncorrected proof copy of A Burnt-Out Case, 1961Qty: (24)
Lot 532
Haggard (Henry Rider). Mr. Meeson's Will, 1st edition, 1st edition, London: Spencer Blackett, 1888, 1st issue with 'Johnson' for 'Johnston', line 1, p. 284, 16 monochrome illustrations, 32 pp. advertisements at end dated October 1888, one or two light stains, original red pictorial cloth gilt, spine a little darkened with small tears at ends, small dent to upper cover, light edge wear, 8vo, together with Allan's Wife and Other Tales, 1st edition, London: Spencer Blackett, 1889, illustrations, advertisements at end, contemporary owner inscription to half title, hinges a little tender, original cloth gilt, edges a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Beatrice. A Novel, 1st edition, 1890, 16 pp. advertisements at end, some light spotting, original cloth gilt, spine a little faded and rubbed at ends, small stains, slight lean, 8vo, with others by the author including Dawn, 1st Harper & Brothers US edition, New York, 1887, Nada the Lily, 1892, Montezuma's Daughter, 1893, People of the Mist, 1894, Black Heart and White Heart, 1900, Lysbeth, 1901 and Queen Sheba's Ring, 1910,
Lot 533
Haggard (Henry Rider). Moon of Israel. A Tale of the Exodus, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1918, advertisements at rear, original cloth, spine a little faded and rubbed at ends, 8vo, presentation copy, inscribed to half title 'To Mrs Pitt, from H. Rider Haggard, St Leonards, January 1919', together with The Brethren, 1st edition, [1904], 16 pp. advertisements at end, a little light spotting, contemporary previouis owner inscription, original red cloth gilt, spine slightly faded with small stain, 8vo, plus Stella Fregelius, 1st edition, 1904, advertisement leaf, a little minor spotting, bookplate, original blue cloth gilt, a few light marks, 8vo, with others by the author including Pearl-Maiden, 1903, Fair Margaret, 1907, Marie, 1912, Child of Storm, 1913, The Wanderer's Necklace, 1914, and Finished, 1917,Qty: (31)
Lot 539
Lewis (C.S.) The Last Battle, 1st edition, London: Bodley Head, 1956, illustrations by Pauline Baynes, occasional minor spotting, small previous owner signature to front endpaper, original blue cloth, fading at spine tips and lower margins, dust jacket, tear and loss at head of spine, light toning and spotting to flaps, rear panel and spine illustration, 8voQty: (1)
Lot 544
Orwell (George). Nineteen Eight-Four, 1st edition, London: Secker & Warburg, 1949, a little light spotting, mainly to endpapers and fore edges, top edge red, original green cloth, some fading and toning to spine and extremities, slight lean, red dust jacket, spine faded with tears and losses at ends, front panel with tears and creases and small chip at top margin, chips and tears to rear panel and folds, 8voQty: (1)
Lot 550
Tolstoy (Count Lev Nikolayevich). The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy, London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1904, photogravure and steel-engraved frontispieces and illustrations, titles printed in red and black with portrait vignette, printed throughout on Dana Estes watermarked paper, some leaves unopened, some light toning to half-titles and minor spotting to endpapers, top edge gilt, original blue cloth, upper covers with Dent device blocked in gilt, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, volume XVI lower cover with small light stain, one or two corners a little bumped, 8voQty: (24)NOTESLimited edition 18/250. Scarce limited edition works set in good condition.
Lot 552
Wells (H.G.) The War of the Worlds, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1898, 1st issue with 16 pp. advertisements at end dated Autumn 1897, lacking front and rear endpapers, a few leaves roughly opened, a few light stains, original grey cloth, small nick at head of upper joint, light ring mark and faint stains to upper cover, tiny indentation to upper board edge, slight lean, 8voQty: (1)
Lot 553
Wilde (Oscar). The Sphinx without a Secret. The Canterville Ghost. The Model Millionaire, [London]: Privately Printed, 1904, light damp stain to lower outer corners of few leaves, original blue/grey printed wrappers, slight wear to spine, slim 4to (limited edition 11/300), together with: Ibid., Lord Arthur Savile's Crime. A Study of Duty, [London]: Privately Printed, [1904], original blue/grey printed wrappers, slight wear to spine, slim 4to (limited edition 11/300)Qty: (2)
Lot 557
Wodehouse (P.G.) Piccadilly Jim, 1st US edition, New York: Dodd, Mead, 1917, 8 colour illustrations by May Wilson Preston, light toning to textblock, a few spots, one or two short closed marginal tears, previous owner name, rear endpaper renewed, front hinge reinforced, original cloth, spine neatly strengthened, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8voQty: (1)NOTESMcIlvaine A20a. Precedes the first UK edition, which was published in 1918.
Lot 560
Wodehouse (P.G.) The Luck of the Bodkins, 1936; Laughing Gas, 1936; Nothing Serious, 1951, 1st US editions, a little light spotting and toning, Bodkins lacking rear endpaper, previous owner stamps and inscriptions to Laughing Gas and Nothing Serious, original cloth, Bodkins spine faded, a few stains, dust jackets, a few chips, tears and stains, Laughing Gas lower joint vertically split, 8vo, plus Money in the Bank, [1946], Spring Fever, 2 copies [1948], Uncle Dynamite [1948], The Mating Season, [1949], The Old Reliable, 1951, Pigs Have Wings, 1952, Barmy in Wonderland, 1952, Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit, 1954, French Leave, 1955 and Cocktail Time, 1958, all 1st UK editions in dust jackets, variable condition, and other Wodehouse titles, later printings and reprints, Folio Society, and relatedQty: (approximately 65)
Lot 561
Woolf (Virginia). Flush. A Biography, 1st edition, London: Hogarth Press, 1933, illustrations, occasional light spotting, Book Society bookplate tipped-in at front, original cloth, a little minor spotting, upper cover slightly bowed, dust jacket, spine toned, some light spotting and small nicks and tears, 8vo, together with Sackville-West (Vita). Knole and the Sackvilles, 1st edition, 3rd impression, 1923, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, occasional light spotting, nautical bookplate of Francis Henderson (possibly of the Glasgow shipping company P. Henderson & Comany), original pictorial boards, upper cover with design by William Nicholson, one corner a little bumped, 8voQty: (2)
Lot 562
Woolf (Virginia). Monday or Tuesday, 1st edition, London: Hogarth Press, 1921, 4 full-page woodcuts by Vanessa Bell (a little offsetting to opposite text leaves), advertisement leaf at end, small marginal chip to a couple of leaves from opening, light spotting and toning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, upper cover with design by Vanessa Bell, head of spine bumped, upper edges slightly rubbed, 8voQty: (1)NOTESKirkpatrick A5a. 1000 copies printed.
Lot 563
Woolf (Virginia). Mrs. Dalloway, 2nd edition, London: Hogarth Press, 1925, a few light spots, contemporary presentation inscription, original cloth, spine a little faded and rubbed at ends, faint stains to covers, 8vo, together with Greene (Graham). Stamboul Train, 1st edition, 2nd issue, London: William Heinemann, 1932, 2nd issue with 'Quin Savory', some light spotting, front hinge tender, original cloth, a few small marks, 8voQty: (2)
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