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Lot 891
London (Jack). The Call of the Wild, 1st UK ed., 1903, illustrations by Philip R. Goodwin and Charles Livingston Bull, original pictorial cloth, spine a little rubbed and faded, 8vo, together with White Fang, 1st ed., 2nd issue, Macmillan, New York, 1906, title tipped-in, colour illustrations, advertisement leaves at end, rear hinge a little tender, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, small indentation to lower joint, 8vo, plus The God of His Fathers & Other Stories, 1st ed., McClure, New York, 1901, light spotting, hinges tender, original blue cloth gilt, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, with others by Jack London including The Son of Wolf, 1902, Love of Life and Other Stories, 1907, Burning Daylight, 1911, Smoke Bellew, 1912, plus two Limited Editions Club editions of White Fang and Call of the Wild and five issues of various US peridicals (The Cosmopolitan, Century, Classics Illustrated) featuring Jack London stories (15)
Lot 893
Mackenzie (Compton). Gallipoli Memories, 1929; First Athenian Memories, 1931; Greek Memories, 1932; Aegean Memories, 1940, 1st eds., frontispiece to each (excepting First Athenian Memories), illustrations in Aegean Memories, occasional light spotting, bookplate to Aegean, original cloth (Aegean spine faded, one or two small bumps), d.j.s, Aegean price-clipped, slight toning to other spines (Gallipoli with small repair at head to verso), 8vo Complete set of Compton Mackenzie's wartime memories, including Greek Memories, which was withdrawn upon publication, and the author prosecuted at the Old Bailey for revealing secret information about British intelligence services. (4)
Lot 895
Mitchell (Gladys). When Last I Died, 1st US ed. 1942; The Dancing Druids, 1948; The Devil's Elbow, 1951; Faintley Speaking, 1954; Watson's Choice, 1955; Spotted Hemlock, 1958; The Man Who Grew Tomatoes, 1959; The Nodding Canaries, 1961, 1st eds., occasional light spotting and toning, original cloth, d.j.s, Devil's Elbow price-clipped, some small chips and stains, 8vo, with nine others by Gladys Mitchell including The Longer Bodies, 1930 and Tom Brown's Body, 1949 (without d.j.s), Adders on the Heath, 1963, Lament for Leto and Winking at the Brim, 1974 (17)
Lot 896
O'Brian (Patrick). Master and Commander, 1st ed., 1970, vertical narrow strip of spotting to Preface leaf, original cloth (some light residue from clear tape), d.j., sticker mark at foot of spine, light edgewear, 8vo, together with The Letter of Marque, 1st ed., 1988, light marginal toning, original cloth, d.j., very slight fading to spine, 8vo, with four others by O'Brian including Men-of-War, 1974 and The Yellow Admiral, 1997 (6)
Lot 898
Orwell (George). Down and Out in Paris and London, 1st US ed., New York, 1933, pictorial endpapers, original cloth (slight fading), facsimile d.j., 8vo, together with Burmese Days, 1st ed., 1935, a little light spotting, previous owner signature, original cloth, light mottled stains, slight lean, 8vo, plus Keep the Aspidistra Flying, 1st ed., 1936, one or two light stains, rear pastedown with label remnant, original cloth, spine a little faded, facsimile d.j., 8vo, with six other first editions: The Road to Wigan Pier, 1937, Coming Up For Air, 1939, Inside the Whale and Other Essays, 1940 (2 copies), Critical Essays, 1946 & Shooting and Elephant, 1950 (both in d.j.s), plus George Orwell in Kent. Hop-Picking, Bridge Books, 1970 (limited edition, 51/300) (10)
Lot 901
Powell (Anthony). At Lady Molly's, 1957; Casanova's Chinese Restaurant, 1960; The Kindly Ones, 1962; The Valley of the Bones, 1964; The Soldier's Art, 1966; The Military Philosophers, 1968; Books do Furnish a Room, 1971; Temporary Kings, 1976; Hearing Secret Harmonies, 1975, 1st eds., one or two light spots, original cloth, d.j.s, a couple of spines a little faded or darkened with small chips and nicks at ends, 8vo, together with A Question of Upbringing, 1969 reprint (10)
Lot 902
Ransome (Arthur). Swallows and Amazons, 1931; Swallowdale, 1932; Peter Duck, 3rd impression, 1933; Winter Holiday, 1934; Coot Club, 3rd impression, 1935; Pigeon Post, 1937; We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea, 1938; Secret Water, 1940; The Big Six, 1941; Missee Lee, 1942; The Picts and the Martyrs, 1943, 1st US eds., colour and black and white illustrations, occasional light toning, bookplate to front endpaper of Swallows, presentation inscription to Swallowdale and Pigeon Post, original cloth (a few mottled dampstains to Winter Holiday), d.j.s, a couple price-clipped, one or two spines with some fading or darkening, a few chips and closed tears, 8vo A near complete set of first US editions (excepting Peter Duck & Coot Club, 3rd impressions) of the Swallows and Amazons titles, only lacking the last title, Great Northern? (11)
Lot 903
Richards (Frank). Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School, 1947; Billy Bunter's Barring-Out, 1948; Billy Bunter's Christmas Party, 1949; Billy Bunter Among the Cannibals, 1950; Billy Bunter's Beanfeast, 1952; Billly Bunter's First Case, 1953; Billy Bunter the Bold, 1954; Bunter Does his Best, 1954, 1st eds., Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School 10th thousand, colour frontispiece to each by R.J. Macdonald, illustrations, presentation inscription to Greyfriars, Among the Cannibals signed to half title by the author, Beanfeast front endpaper with abrasion, original cloth (Among the Cannibals covers a little stained), d.j.s, a little light soiling, a few repairs, 8vo, together with volumes 18-19, 21-22, 24-25 & 27-38 (Lord Billy Bunter, 1956 to Bunter's Last Fling, 1965), 1st eds. in d.j.s, one or two spines faded, a few repairs to versos, 8vo, plus Hilda Richards' Bessie Bunter of Cliff House School, 1949 and another (variant) copy of Billy Bunter at Butlins, 1961 (28)
Lot 904
Richards (Frank). A complete set of all 38 'Billy Bunter' books, 1947-1965, Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School 10 thousand, Billy Bunter's Banknote 11 thousand, colour frontispiece to each, illustrations, a few light spots, one or two presentation inscriptions, a few small previous owner labels to front pastedowns, original cloth (a couple of spines with faded patches), d.j.s, three price-clipped (Greyfriars, Bolt with clear tape marks and Banishing), some fading, chips, tears and repairs, 8vo, plus Billy Bunter of Cliff House School, 1st ed., 1949 (39)
Lot 907
Simenon (Georges). The Affairs of Destiny, 1942; Escape in Vain, 1943; On the Danger Line, 1944; A Wife at Sea, 1949, 1st UK eds., a few spots, light toning front and rear, original cloth, d.j.s, Escape and Affairs price-clipped, a few tears, stains and losses, mainly to Escape, 8vo, together with other 1st editions by Simenon, UK & US editions, including The Crossroad Murders, 1933, The Strange Case of Peter the Left, 1933, The Shadow in the Courtyard, 1934 (without d.j.s), The Shadow Falls, 1945, Black Rain, 1947, The First-Born, 1947, The Strangers in the House, 1951, The Burgomaster of Furnes, 1952, The Trial of Bebe Donge, 1952, The Stain on the Snow, 1953; Violent Ends, 1954; Danger Ahead, 1955, The Sacrifice, 1956 and The Stowaway, 1957 (69)
Lot 908
Simenon (Georges). Maigret on Holiday, 1950; Maigret Right and Wrong, 1954; Maigret & the Young Girl, 1955; Maigret and the Burglar's Wife, 1955; Maigret's Revolver, 1956; My Friend Maigret, 1956; Maigret Goes to School, 1957; Maigret's Liyttle Joke, 1957; Maigret and the Old Lady, 1958; Maigret's First Case, 1958; Maigret Has Scruples, 1959; Maigret and the Reluctant Witness, 1959; Madame Maigret's Friend, 1960, 1st UK eds., occasional light toning, label remnant to Revolver front endpaper, bookplate to Right and Wrong, original cloth, one or two extremities faded, d.j.s, Revolver price-clipped, a few chips, tears and stains, 8vo, together with 50 other 1st UK Maigret titles, 1960's-80's, a few duplicates (63)
Lot 909
Simenon (Georges). The Patience of Maigret, 1940; Maigret Travels South, 1940; Maigret Abroad, 1940; Maigret to the Rescue, 1941; Maigret Keeps a Rendezvous, 1941; Maigret Sits It Out, 1941; Maigret and M. Labbe, 1942, 1st US eds., light toning front and rear, previous owner inscription to Patience, library stamps and residue from bookplate removal to Sits It Out, original cloth, Travels South spine faded with some edgewear, d.j.s, a few chips, tears and stains, 8vo, together with others including Inspector Maigret and the Killers, 1954 and Inspector Maigret and the Strangled Stripper, 1954 (US eds.) (13)
Lot 910
Smith (Wilbur). When the Lion Feeds, 1964; The Dark of the Sun, 1965; The Sound of Thunder, 1966; Shout at the Devil, 1968; Gold Mine, 1970; The Diamond Hunters, 1971; The Sunbird, 1972; Eagle in the Sky, 1974, 1st eds., a few light spots, some previous owner signatures or sinscriptions, original cloth, d.j.s, Dark of the Sun, Sound of Thunder, Gold Mine & Diamond Hunters price-clipped, Shout at the Devil spine with losses and repairs to verso, a few others with small chips and marginal creases, 8vo, together with 26 other first editions by Wilbur Smith, from The Eye of the Tiger, 1975 to Vicious Circle, 2013, of which ten signed or inscribed by the author, including the first four titles (34)
Lot 911
Stevenson (Robert Louis). Travels With a Donkey in the Cevennes, 1st ed., 1879, frontispiece by Walter Crane (with marginal crease mark), advertisement leaf at front, light marginal toning and a couple of short closed tears, presentation inscriptions at front, original green cloth gilt, edges a trifle rubbed, 8vo, together with The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables, 1st ed., 1887, 32 pp. publisher's list at end, light toning, previous owner inscription to title, patterned endpapers, original blue cloth, spine a little faded and rubbed at ends, 8vo, plus Island Nights' Entertainments, 1st ed., 1893, black and white illustrations, a few spots, original green cloth gilt, spine faded and rubbed at ends, light stains, 8vo, with others by Stevenson including Memories & Portraits, 1887 and Across the Plains, 1892, plus J. Herbert Slater's Robert Louis Stevenson. A Bibliography, 1914 and H.G. Wells' The First Men in the Moon, 1st ed., 2nd issue, 1901 (14)
Lot 912
Stoker (Bram). Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Stories, 1st ed., 1914, scattered spotting, rear hinge a little tender, original red blindstamped cloth, small split to lower joint, one or two small light stains, 8vo 'Dracula's Guest' is a previously unpublished episode from an early draft of Dracula and is published here with eight other stories by Stoker. (1)
Lot 916
Verne (Jules). Five Weeks in a Balloon. A Voyage of Exploration and Discovery in Central Africa. From the French... with sixty-four Illustrations by Riou, Sampson Low, 2nd UK ed., 1874, thirty-three wood engraved plates, letterpress illustrations, some full-page, 48pp. publishers catalogue dated October 1873 at rear, some light marks, hinges split, all edges gilt, original pictorial cloth gilt, a little rubbed and scuffed, some fraying to corners and head and foot of spine, 8vo First Sampson Low edition, and second UK edition, of Verne's first book (first published in French in 1863), a fantasy of balloon travel over the African continent and a satire on English books on African travel. The first UK edition was published in 1870 by Chapman & Hall and is now virtually impossible to find. This Sampson Low edition is also scarce (unlisted in Myers), and considerably more difficult to find than either Appleton's first edition in English (New York, 1869), or James Osgood's fully illustrated edition (Boston, 1873). (1)
Lot 918
Waugh (Evelyn). When the Going Was Good, 1st ed., 1946, colour frontispiece, folding map, light spotting front and rear, original yellow cloth, price-clipped d.j. (spine ends and folds strengthened with white tape to verso), 8vo Presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper: "For Cottesmore School Building Fund, from Evelyn Waugh". (1)
Lot 921
Waugh (Evelyn). Men at Arms, 1952; Officers and Gentlemen, 1955; Unconditional Surrender, 1961, 1st eds., previous owner signature to Officers, original cloth, one or two light stains, d.j.s, some fading to spines, Officers with loss at head of spine, a few minor nicks, 8vo, together with Rossetti. His Life and Works, 1st ed., 1928, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, original cloth, spine a little faded, Duckworth's Georgian Library (later) d.j., tears and losses to spine, 8vo, plus The Holy Places, Queen Anne Press, 1952, wood-engravings by Reynolds Stone, original cloth, d.j., some toning, 4to, limited edition, 899/950, with others by Evelyn Waugh including Scott-King's Modern Europe, 1947, The Loved One, [1948] and Helena, 1950 (26)
Lot 922
Waugh (Evelyn). Decline and Fall. An Illustrated Novelette, 1st ed., 1st issue, 1928, illustrations by the author, scattered light spotting, contemporary previous owner signature to front endpaper, original cloth, d.j., spine toned and chipped at ends (title in red faded from label at head), 8vo First printing with the names 'Martin Gaythorn-Brodie' and 'Kevin Saunderson' unchanged. The author's first novel. (1)
Lot 924
White (T.H.). The Sword in the Stone, 1st ed., 1938, scattered light spotting, presentation inscription and erased name to front pastedown, original black cloth, d.j., spine toned with losses at ends (facsimile jacket beneath), 8vo, together with Psycho, by Robert Bloch, 1st UK ed., 1960, some light spotting and soiling, original cloth (small tape residue to lower cover), d.j., chips and abrasions to head of spine, old tape marks, 8vo, plus Catch -22, 1st UK ed., 2nd issue, 1962, original cloth, price-clipped d.j. (with other author quotes to verso), small repair at head of spine verso, light spots to rear panel, 8vo, with others including Graham Greene's Stamboul Train, 2nd issue, 1932, Flann O'Brien's At Swim Two Birds, Pantheon, New York, [1951], Edmund Ceispin's Holy Disorders, 1945 and The Moving Toyshop, 1946, Lionel Davidson's The Rose of Tibet, 1962 and Barry Unsworth's The Hide, 1970 (28)
Lot 930
Wyndham (John). The Chrysalids, 1955; The Midwich Cuckoos, 1957; Trouble With Lichen, 1960; Chocky, 1968, 1st eds., small marginal tears from rough opening to last leaf of Midwich, a couple of leaves with light soiling to Lichen, original cloth, d.j.s, light toning to rear panels of first three titles, 8vo, plus John Wyndham & Lucas Parkes' The Outward Urge, 1st ed., 1959 (5)
Lot 940
Abercromie (Patrick, editor). The Book of the Modern House, A Panoramic Survey of Contemporary Domestic Design, 1st edition, 1939, several colour and numerous monochrome plates and illustrations, some light foxing to first and last few leaves, original cloth in slightly chipped and torn dust wrapper, with minor loss to head of spine, 4to, together with Marshall (H.G. Hayes), Within Four Walls, a book about interior decoration, colour schemes and furnishing the home, 1st edition, F. Lewis, 1948, monochrome plates, mostly after photographs, original blue cloth gilt in dust jacket, one or two minor marks to edges, small 4to, plus Schrijver (Herman), Decoration for the Home, 1st edition, F. Lewis, 1939, monochrome illustrations after photographs, original cloth in dust jacket, very slightly rubbed to extremities, slim small 4to, and others on interior design and decoration, the modern home, etc., including Amelia Defries, Purpose in Design, a survey of the new movement seen in studios and factories and at the exposition Internationle des Arts et Techniques Appliques a la vie moderne, Paris, 1937, 1st edition, 1938, Walter Dorwin Teague, Design This Day, the technique of order in the machine age, 1st edition, circa 1940, Bruno Taut, Modern Architecture, The Studio, circa 1930, Herbert Hoffmann, Modern Interiors in Europe and America, The Studio, 1930, J.L. Martin and S. Speight, The Flat Book, 1st edition, 1939, Design for To'Day, 3 volumes, 1933, 1934, & 1935, etc (30)
Lot 947
Graff (Werner, editor). Staatliche Bauhochschule Weimar, 1st ed., 1929, black and white illustrations, some slight soiling, original red wrappers, a few chips, bound in modern cloth, 4to, together with Bauhaus 1919-1928, ed. Herbert Bayer, Walter Gropius, Ise Gropius, 1st edition, 1939, presentation inscription, original cloth, some light soiling, small 4to, plus The New Architecture and the Bauhaus, by Walter Gropius, translated from the German by P. Morton Shand with an introduction by Frank Pick, 1st English edition, 1935, illustrations, endpapers toned, previous owner signature, original cloth, 8vo, with two others related (5)
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Lot 951
Gescheit (H. & Wittmann, K.). Neuzeitlicher Verkehrsvau, Potsdam, Muller & Kiepenheuer, 1931, numerous monochrome illustrations, including many after photographs, original cloth, rubbed and a little marked and some light spotting, 4to, together with Muller-Wulckow (Walter), Deutsche Baukunst der Gegenwart, Gesamtausgabe, Leipzig, circa 1929, numerous monochrome illustrations, mostly after photographs, original blue cloth gilt in bright condition, with dust jacket, some light marks, and publisher's card slipcase (some wear), small 4to, plus Block (Fritz). Probleme des Bauens, Potsdam, 1928, monochrome illustrations, original cloth, a few minor marks, 4to, and others similar on modern architecture, all printed in German, including Karl Ernst Osthaus, Van de Belde, 1920, Richard Docker, Terrassen Typ, Stuttgart, 1929, E.M. Hajos & Leopold Zahn, Berliner Architektur der Nachkriegszeit, Berlin, 1928, Moderne Bauformen, 1914 (2 volumes), H.A. Vetter, Kleine Einfamilienhauser, Vienna, 1932, Herbert Hoffmann, Haus und Raum, 3 volumes, Stuttgart, 1929, etc., mostly original cloth, a few volumes bound in wrappers, mostly 4to (25)
Lot 959
Meister der Baukunst series, 9 volumes, Geneva, 1930-32, numerousmonochrome illustrations after photographs, occasional light spotting topreliminary leaves, all original cloth, most with modern typographic design toupper cover, very slightly rubbed, and one or two volumes with some lightsoiling and fading to spine (several volumes in bright original condition),8vo The titles are: Zdenek Wirth, Josef Gocar, 1930, Rerrich Bela, 1930,Jaroslav B. Svrcek, Jiri Kroha, 1930, Jaeno Lechner, 1930, H.W. Wills, W.Kaula Architects, 1930, The Architectural Work of Sir John Burnet andPartners, 1930, Guillaume Janneau, Ch. Siclis, 1931, Some Recent Work ofPhilip Hepworth, 1931, & Wallis, Gilbert & Partners, 1932. (9)
Lot 961
Grimme (Karl Maria). Peter Behrens, und seine Wiener Akademische Meisterschule..., Leipzig, Vienna & Berlin: Adolf Luser, 1930, monochrome illustrations and diagrams, title inscribed to the architect Erich Mendelsohn by Peter Behrens dated 18th August 1930, original pictorial wrappers, light wear to spine, with later glassine wrapper, slim folio Erich Mendelsohn (1887-1953) was a Jewish German architect, best known for his expressionist architecture of the 1920s. Mendelsohn was a pioneer of the Art Deco and Streamline Moderne architecture, including his 1921 Mossehaus office block at Schützenstrasse in Berlin, Einstein Tower in Potsdam and De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill on Sea. (1)
Lot 963
Gropius (Walter). Bauhausbauten Dessau (Bauhausbucher 12), 1st edition, Munich, Albert Langen, 1930, monochrome illustrations including many after photographs, typography by Moholy-Nagy, light spotting to endpapers, original yellow copy printed in red, some light marks and spotting, 8vo Wingler 563. (1)
Lot 964
Gropius (Walter). Neue Arbeiten der Bauhauswerkstatten (Bauhausbucher 7), 1st edition, Munich, Albert Langen, 1925, 4 colour plates, monochrome illustrations, including many after photographs, original yellow cloth, printed in red, some very light marks (generally in clean condition), 8vo (1)
Lot 971
Koch (Alexander). 1000 Ideen zur Kunstlerischen Ausgestaltung der Wohnung, Darmstadt, 1926, colour and black and white illustrations, original vellum gilt, spine slightly rubbed, 4to, together with Das Haus Eines Kunstfreundes, Darmstadt, 1926, colour and black and white illustrations, scattered spotting at front, library inkstamp to title, original cloth, a few light marks, 4to (2)
Lot 972
Scott (M.H. Baillie). Houses and Gardens, George Newnes, 1906, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, a few light spots, patterned endpapers, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, spine faded, 4to, inscribed by the author to half title: "From the author, with best wishes, Christmas 1908", together with Houses and Gardens, by M.H. Baillie Scott and A. Edgar Beresford, published by "Architecture Illustrated", 1933, colour and black and white illustrations, a little light spotting, original green cloth, 4to (2)
Lot 976
Lissitzky (El). Russland, Die Rekonstruktion der Architektur in der Sowjetunion (Neues Bauen in der Welt, I), Vienna, Anton Schroll, 1930, numerous monochrome illustrations, including many after photographs, very light spotting to endpapers, original red cloth, very slightly rubbed and spine somewhat dulled, 4to, togethre with Ginsburger (Roger), Frankreich, Die Entwicklung der Neuen Ideen nach konstruktion und Form (Neues Bauen in der Welt, III), Vienna, Anton Schroll, 1930, numerous monochrome illustrations, including many after photographs, original blue cloth, slightly rubbed and with some marks to rear cover, spine faded with slight fraying to rear joint, 4to (2)
Lot 979
Mawson (Thomas H.). The Art & Craft of Garden Making, 2nd edition, 1901, black & white frontispiece, illustrations and diagrams including many from photographs, light spotting to title, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original green cloth gilt, slightly faded & few marks, folio, together with a 5th edition of the same work, few colour plates, numerous black & white plates & illustrations, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, minor fraying at head & foot of spine, folio, plus The Life and Work of an English Landscape Architect, An Autobiography by Thomas H. Mawson, London: Richards Press, [1927], black & white plates and illustrations, many from photographs, pictorial endpapers, original cloth gilt, 4to (3)
Lot 982
Mendelsohn (Erich). Amerika, Bilderbuch eines Architekten, 6th revised and enlarged edition, Berlin, Rudolf Mosse, 1928, 222 [+5] pages, 100 photographs of modern buildings in New York, Chicago, Detroit and Buffalo, light waterstain to extreme lower outer corners, original dark blue cloth-backed printed boards, very slightly rubbed, folio Presentation inscription to front endpaper to the architect Marius Schreiner, dated 12th December 1927. (1)
Lot 986
Mendelsohn (Erich). Amerika, Bilderbuch eines Architekten, 1st edition, Berlin, Rudolf Mosse, 1926, 77 full-page monochrome illustrations after photographs of buildings in New York, Chicago, Detroit and Buffalo, original black cloth-backed printed yellow boards (with design by Mendelsohn), some minor marks and light discolouration, small tear to head of upper joint, folio Parr/Badger 76. (1)
Lot 987
Meyer (Adolf). Ein Versuchshaus des Bauhauses in Weimar (Bauhausbucher 3), 1st edition, Munich, Albert Langen, 1924, monochrome illustrations, including many after photographs, typography by Adolf Meyer, original yellow cloth, printed in red, very slightly rubbed and some light soiling, in chipped and marked dust jacket, with slight loss to spine, and larger portion to lower half of rear wrapper missing, 8vo Wingler 563. (1)
Lot 988
MARS (Modern Architectural Research Group). New Architecture. An Exhibition of the elements of modern architecture organised by the MARS (Modern Architectural Research) group, New Burlington Galleries, January 11-29, 1938, monochrome illustrations after photographs etc., original pictorial wrappers, rubbed and some marks, and light spotting, edges somewhat browned, oblong 4to The MARS Group was founded in 1933 by Wells Coates, Maxwell Fry, Morton Shand and other architects and critics to promote modernism in British Architecture, in the same way that Unit One was created to foster modernism across the arts. F.R.S. Yorke was the secretary and founding members included Lubetkin and John Betjeman. (1)
Lot 99
Railway. Bradshaw's Railway Manual, Shareholders' Guide and Directory 1867, S. Clarke Esq [1867], numerous adverts, fold-out maps and illustrations, red morocco binding with gilt and remains of clasp, general wear notably to spine, together with Railway Clearing House. Junction Diagrams, The Railway Clearing House, London 1920, numerous diagrams and hand coloured maps, original cloth backed board in green and gilt with green leather spine, general wear and some light spotting (2)
Lot 990
Moholy-Nagy (Sibyl). Experiment in Totality, 1st edition, New York, 1950, introduction by Walter Gropius, colour and black and white illustrations, contemporary previous owner inscription to front endpaper, original cloth, d.j., a few chips and creases, small repair at foot of spine verso, 8vo, togther with Johnson (Philip), Machine Art, Museum of Modern Art, 1934, illustrations, some light spotting, original cloth, d.j., spine slightly toned with small chips at ends, small 4to, with two others: Ir. J.B. Van Loghem's Bouwen, Bauen, Batir, Building, 1932 and S. Giedion's A Decade of New Architecture, 1951 (4)
Lot 995
Neutra (Richard J.). Wie Baut Amerika? (Baubucher Band I), 1st edition, Stuttgart, Julius Hoffmann, 1927, 80 pages, numerous monochrome illustrations after photographs, signature of the architect Hannes Schreiner, dated 1928 to verso of front wrapper, original printed wrappers, rubbed and some light soiling, partly split to head and foot of rear joint, 4to, together with Amerika, Die stilbildung des neuen bauens in den vereinigten staaten (Neues Bauen in Der Welt Band II), 1st edition, Vienna, Anton Schroll, 1930, numerous monochrome illustrations after photographs, etc., original printed wrappers (designed by El Lissitzky), rubbed and some fraying and wear to edges, 4to, plus World and Dwelling, 1st English edition, Alec Tiranti, 1962, numerous monochrome illustrations after photographs, etc., original blue cloth lettered in white, in bright condition, with dust jacket, 4to, and Life and Shape, 1st edition, New York, 1962, monochrome illustrations, with contemporary owner's presentation inscription to front endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket, rubbed and some marks and fraying to extremities, 8vo (4)
Lot 1000
Die Raumkunst, Halbmonatshefte für Kritik und Gestaltung in der Baukunst und verwandten Gebieten. Unter Mitwirkung von Richard Berndl, German Bestelmeyer, Theodor Fischer, Franz Geiger, Max Läuger, Richard Riemerschmid herausgegeben von Walter Riezler, Munich: Vereinigte Kunstanstalten A.-G., 1908, all published, black & white illustrations and diagrams, light toning, decorative endpapers, original cloth gilt, slight fraying to extremities, 4to Rare. Die Raumkunst only survived one year as an independent publication. From 1909, it combined with the Darmstadt publication Wohnungskunst to form Wohnungskunst - Das Bürgerliche Heim. (1)
Lot 1012
Weaver (Lawrence). Houses and Gardens by E.L. Lutyens, published Country Life, 1913, numerous half-tone illustrations, original buckram-backed boards, some light fading and stains, folio, together with Weaver (Sir Lawrence), Lutyens Houses and Gardens, Country Life, 1921, illustrations, a little light soiling, original green buckram-backed boards, a couple of light stains, 8vo, presentation copy, inscribed to Mabel Lamb by Lutyens, signed in initials 'E.L.', 6 March 1922, with others on Lutyens including Sir Edward Lutyens. An Appreciation in Perspective, by his Son, 1942 and Robert Irving's Indian Summer. Lutyens, Baker and Imperial Delhi, 1981 (10)
Lot 1013
Weaver (Sir Lawrence). Small Country Houses of To-Day, 3 volumes, mixed editions, 1922-25, numerous monochrome illustrations after photographs, original green cloth gilt, a little rubbed, together with The House and Its Equipment, Country Life, circa 1913, monochrome illustrations, original cloth gilt in good condition, plus Adams (Maurice B.), Modern Cottage Architecture illustrated from works of well-known architects, 1st edition, Batsford, 1904, monochrome illustrations, original green cloth gilt, rubbed and some light soiling, folio, and others similar, including C.H.B. Quennell, Modern Suburban Houses, Batsford, 1906, R.A. Briggs, Bungalows and Country Residences, Batsford, 1891, Ernest Newton, A Book of Country Houses, Batsford, 1903, R.A. Briggs, Homes for the Country, Batsford, 1904, Gertrude Jekyll & Lawrence Weaver, Gardens for Small Country Houses, Country Life, circa 1910, Lawrence Weaver, Small Country Houses, their repair and enlargement, Country Life, 1914 (in dust jacket), etc., mostly 4to (20)
Lot 1015
Willmott (Ernest). English House Design, A Review, Batsford, 1911, monochrome plates after photographs, original cloth gilt in very good condition, 8vo, together with Adams (Maurice B.), Modern Cottage Architecture illustrated from works of well-known architects, 2nd edition, revised and enlarged, Batsford, 1912, monochrome plates after photographs, etc., original green cloth gilt in bright condition, small 4to, plus Murphy (Shirley Forster), Our Homes and how to make them healthy, Cassell, 1883, colour frontispiece, monochrome illustrations, original red cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks and light soiling, thick 8vo, and others on British architecture and design, late 19th century and early 20th century, including James Cornes, Modern Housing in Town & Country, Batsford, 1905, Gertrude Jekyll, Home and Garden, 1900, etc. (30)
Lot 1017
Whittick (Arnold). Erich Mendelsohn, 1st edition, Faber & Faber, 1940, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in bright condition, in dust jacket, slightly rubbed and one or two short marginal tears, 4to, together with Bossom (Alfred C.), Building to the Skies, the romance of the skyscraper, 1st edition, The Studio, 1934, monochrome illustrations after photographs, some light spotting to endpapers, original blue cloth in rubbed and frayed dust jacket, 4to, plus Willem M. Dudok, 2nd edition, Amsterdam, G. van Saane, 1955, monochrome illustrations, including many after photographs, original turquoise cloth gilt in bright condition, in dust jacket, square 4to, and Collins (Peter), Concrete, The Vision of a New Architecture, a study of Auguste Perret, and his precursors, & Changing Ideals in Modern Architecture, 1750-1950, both 1st editions, Faber & Faber, 1959/65 respectively, monochrome illustrations, both original cloth in dust jackets, a few minor marks to extremities, large 8vo, plus others similar on 20th century architecture, including Oliver Hill, Fair Horizon, Buildings of To'Day, 1950, Walter Curt Behrendt, Modern Building, Its Nature, Problems, and Forms, 1st edition, circa 1935, Bruno Zevi, Towards an Organic Architecture, 1st edition, Faber & Faber, 1950, Tom Wolfe, From Bauhaus to Our House, 1st edition, New York, 1981, Ernest Betham, House Building 1934-1936, Federated Employers' Press, circa 1936, etc., many in dust jackets, 4to/8vo (approx. 30)
Lot 1024
London Bulletin, Edited by E.L.T. Mesens, nos. 18-20, June 1940, 2 colour woodcuts by S.W. Hayter and John Bunting, colour and monochrome illustrations, original printed wrappers, a little rubbed and some fraying to spine, with a little loss, small 4to, together with London Gallery. Catalogue of the Exhibition The Cubist Spirit in its Time, 18 March-3 May 1947, organised by E.L.T. Mesens, London Gallery Ltd., 1947, monochrome plates, original printed light blue wrappers, a few marks and some light handling marks, slim small 4to (2)
Lot 107
Abbot (Charles). Flora Bedfordiensis, Comprehending such Plants as Grow Wild in the County of Bedford, According to the System of Linnaeus with Occasional Remarks..., published Bedford by W.Smith, 1798, title page with author's manuscript presentation inscription, six uncoloured engraved plates, indexes bound at rear, ownership signature to front endpaper, 19th-century half calf gilt, a little bumped, 8vo, together with Druce (George Claridge), The Flora of Berkshire... , Oxford, 1897, later inscription to front endpaper, The Flora of Buckinghamshire... , 1926, black and white frontispiece, both original cloth, boards slightly marked, spines lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, (2 volumes in total), plus Mansel-Pleydell (John Clavell), The Flora of Dorsetshire..., 2nd edition, 1895, 1 colour folding map frontispiece, 1 colour folding map to p. 1, 1 extra colour folding map disbound to rear, some light spotting, contemporary inscription to front endpaper, original gilt-decorated red cloth, boards and spine slightly marked, 8vo, and Jones (J.P. & Kingston, J.F.), Flora Devoniensis..., 1829, contemporary inscription to half-title, worming to top right corners from front pastedown to p. 16 of 'Part II. Arrangement of The Plants According to the Natural Method', some light spotting, contemporary half calf boards and spine rubbed, hinges cracked, 8vo, plus other county flora reference, generally in good condition, 8vo/4to (approx. 70)
![Bewick (Thomas). A History of British Birds, [Land & Water Birds], 2 vols., 3rd & 2nd editions, Newcastle: T. Bewick, 1805, n](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e6986aac-6ee6-4136-8dcf-a56700bd94e2/951bd246-437e-4322-fe17-126b959b6aee/468x382.jpg)
Lot 110
Bewick (Thomas). A History of British Birds, [Land & Water Birds], 2 vols., 3rd & 2nd editions, Newcastle: T. Bewick, 1805, numerous wood engraved illustrations and vignettes, paper watermarked 1804, occasional minor scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of James McBryde of St. Helens to upper pastedowns, all edges gilt, mid 19th century light brown full morocco, gilt decorated spines and greek key border decoration to boards, light rubbing at foot, Royal 8vo (leaf size 22.7 x 13.8cm) A handsome set. Roscoe 18b & 19b. (2)
Lot 112
Burdon (William). The Gentleman's Pocket-Farrier; shewing how to use your horse on a journey. And what remedies are proper for common misfortunes that may befal him on the road, 1st edition, printed for the author, 1730, light browning to preliminary leaves, modern antique-style half calf gilt, 12mo (1)
Lot 117
Evelyn (John). Silva: Or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions: As it was Delivered in the Royal Society on the 15th Day of October, 1662... With Notes by A. Hunter, York, 1776, engraved portrait frontispiece by Bartolozzi, 40 engraved plates, including one folding, folding table, list of subscribers and receipt for two Guineas for Lord Bishop of Kilmore tipped-in (with his signature to title and bookplate, occasional light offsetting and spotting, endpapers sometime renewed with bookplates relaid, contemporary calf, old reback preserving original spine, rubbed and scuffed, 4to (1)
![Japanese Plant Catalogue. Catalogue of Japanese Plants, Bulbs and Seeds, Yokohama: L. Boehmer & Co., [1903], decorative colou](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e6986aac-6ee6-4136-8dcf-a56700bd94e2/0e1f400d-48e2-41e8-efe2-73eeabf404c8/468x382.jpg)
Lot 124
Japanese Plant Catalogue. Catalogue of Japanese Plants, Bulbs and Seeds, Yokohama: L. Boehmer & Co., [1903], decorative colour woodblock illustrations printed by T. Hasegawa of Tokio, original pictorial boards with cloth spine strip, spotted and light wear, 4to Louis Boehmer, was a German citizen who migrated to America in around 1866, working as a gardener in Rochester, New York. In 1872 he moved to Japan and became head of a government-owned American run farming operation. After the breakup of the farm he established his own nursery in 1882, specializing in exporting Japanese plants and bonsai to Europe, the United States and Australia. In 1890 Boehmer sold his nursery to his partner Albert Unger. (1)
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