Dickens (Charles).- Card game.- The Characters of Charles Dickens. An interesting game, 52 playing cards, a rules card, and a 'Receive one counter' card, printed in red and black and with purple backs, some spotting or foxing, original pictorial board box and slip-case, lower panel loose, ?lacking an upper panel, faded and rubbed, 980 x 760mm, Jaques & Son, Hatton Garden, [c.1870].⁂ Rare, with WorldCat recording only two sets (Harvard and Chicago). We can trace only one other set at auction (our rooms, 2022, without rules and 'Receive one counter' cards, £2600 hammer). The 52 cards consist of 13 groups of four characters from the works of Dickens. Of these 13 groups, ten feature an image and description of a character (Oliver Twist, Barnaby Rudge, Curiosity Shop (sic), Chuzzlewit, Pickwick, Dombey & Son, The Chimes, Cricket on the Hearth, The Haunted Man and Bleak House), and three feature text only (Little Dorrit, David Copperfield and The Christmas Books).
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Mormonism.- Smith (Joseph, translator) Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, upon Plates taken from the Plates of Nephi, electrotype edition, half-title, ex-Manchester Public library copy with large bookplate to front pastedown and ink stamp and pencil numbers to verso of title, occasional finger-marking, lightly browned, contemporary black half morocco, by George Winstanley of Manchester, gilt spine in compartments, arms of Manchester at head and white ink numbers at foot, rubbed and scuffed, g.e., [Sabin 83056], rare, 8vo, Liverpool, Printed and published by William Budge, 42, Islington, 1879.
The Muses' Library. Poems of Blake, Marvell, Browne, Drummond, Gay, Herrick and Waller, 12 vol. only (of 20), each one of 100 or 200 "large paper" copies, half-titles, frontispieces, bookplate of Sir William Eden, Bart. to front pastedowns, attractive crushed salmon half morocco gilt by Hatchards, spines decoratively gilt in compartments, light sunning to spines, t.e.g., others uncut, [Wade 220], small 8vo, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891-94.⁂ Includes the rare Yeats-edited edition of Blake's poems.
Amis (Kingsley) Lucky Jim, first edition, signed by the author and dated February 1954 on endpaper, some spotting to fore-edge, original boards, very slight fading to spine, dust-jacket, light browning to spine, light toning to head of rear panel, spine ends and corners a little chipped, short nick with creasing to lower corner of upper panel, some very light surface soiling, but a sharp and excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1953.⁂ Amis' first and best-loved novel, rare signed and in its jacket in good condition.
Anderson (Sherwood) Winesburg, Ohio, first edition, first issue with top edge stained yellow, with "lay" for "lie" in line 5 on p. 86 and broken type in the word "the" in line 3 on p. 251., map of Winesburg, Ohio to front pastedown, original yellow cloth with paper label to spine, some chipping and fraying to spine ends and corners, light surface soiling to covers, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped, front panel washed and faded with much of the printed text removed and two ring marks visible, closed tear to head of lower panel, a few small chips and nicks to head and foot of panels, light surface soiling to panels, 8vo, New York, B.W. Huebsch, 1919.⁂ Anderson's first novel, a classic of 20th century American fiction, rare in the dust-jacket in any condition.
Carle (Eric) The Very Hungry Caterpillar, first edition, first printing with complete number line 1-5 on copyright p. and "A3450" to rear board, colour illustrations by the author, ink ownership inscription to title, with additional reprint title page signed by the author with a drawing of a Caterpillar loosely inserted, original pictorial boards, light rubbing to spine tips, very faint toning to head, else fine, dust-jacket with "A3450" code to lower panel and 2 paragraphs to front flap, front flap price-clipped at head and foot, spine tips and corners a little rubbed, light creasing to head and foot, but near-fine generally, oblong 4to, Cleveland, World Publishing, 1969.⁂ A superb example of this famous children's rarity. Though reprinted thousands of times and ultimately selling tens of millions of copies, first editions of The Very Hungry Caterpillar are rare in the dust-jacket in good condition. All but one known copy in the dust-jacket are price-clipped and this was likely undertaken by the publisher's themselves prior to release.
Dahl (Roald) Matilda, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Nicholas and Susannah love Roald Dahl" to half-title, original boards, very small patch of staining to lower corner, dust-jacket, a fine copy, housed in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, 1988.⁂ Dahl's classic children's novel, adapted twice for the cinema, including a new musical adaptation based on the successful West End production. Rare signed.
Herbert (Frank) Dune, first English edition, original boards, slight bumping to head of spine, dust-jacket, 2 patches of surface abrasion and internal tear to spine, spine ends a little creased, laminate lifting to upper joint, a bright and excellent example overall, original publisher's wraparound band (closed tears to upper joint and fore-edge, short nick to head), 8vo, 1966.⁂ The scarce first English edition of this science fiction classic, especially rare with printed wraparound band.
Kerr (Judith) The Tiger Who Came to Tea, first edition, colour illustrations by the author, light soiling to 2pp., very light toning to endpapers, original pictorial boards, light bumping to spine ends and corners, light toning to cover margins, dust-jacket, light toning to panels and spine, closed tear to foot of upper joint, creasing to spine tips and corners, short nick to head of upper panel, a near-fine example otherwise, 4to, 1968.⁂ Judith Kerr's first book and her most beloved. Rare, especially so in the dust-jacket; we can trace only one such example at auction and no copies available online.
Orwell (George) Animal Farm. A Fairy Story, first edition, neat ink ownership inscription to front pastedown, original cloth, slight sunning to upper and lower edge, dust-jacket, Searchlight advertisement printed in red on verso, minor chipping to corner tips, light rubbing to extremities, but a near-fine example overall, 8vo, 1945.⁂ A superb example of Orwell's classic satirical allegory. Rare in such good condition. Orwell struggled to find a willing publisher, eventually Secker and Warburg obliged after it was rejected by Gollancz (Orwell's usual publisher) as well as Faber and Faber and Jonathan Cape.
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Proust (Marcel) Remembrance of Things Past [A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu], 7 parts in 11 vol., first English editions, translated by C. K. Scott Moncrieff, some spotting or browning to endpapers and first few pp., some contemporary ink ownership inscriptions to front free endpapers, original cloth, occasional page carelessly opened, some with faded spines, The Sweet Cheat Gone with small portion of soiling to lower cover, The Swann's Way with rubbing to joints and fraying to spine ends, Cities of the Plain in fine condition in ?original slip-case and vol.2 with original glassine dust-jacket, 8vo, 1922-30.⁂ Rare full set of Proust's magnum opus of French literature. Scarce in this condition.
Rhys (Jean) Voyage in the Dark, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to endpaper, original cloth, light sunning to spine, dust-jacket, neat and professional restoration to spine ends and corners, repaired horizontal repair to lower panel, neat repairs and some light retouching to extremities, in effect a bright and excellent example, 8vo, 1934.⁂ An inscribed copy of Rhys' classic modernist novel. Presentation copies of Rhys' early works are rare, we can trace no other presentation copy of this work at auction.
Rosen (Michael) We're Going On a Bear Hunt, first edition, signed by the author on title, illustrations by Helen Oxenbury, ticket to see Rosen speak at the 2017 Hay Festival loosely inserted, original boards, slight bumping to spine tips, dust-jacket, neatly price-clipped, slight toning to spine, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, small nick to head and foot of upper panel, tear with creasing to head of rear panel, faint creasing to head and foot, an excellent example overall, oblong 4to, Walker Books, 1989.⁂ A modern children's classic, rare in the dust-jacket, especially so signed.
Warhol (Andy) The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again), first edition, signed and inscribed "To Marguerite ?much love Andy Warhol" with a large soup can drawing "Campbell's Reused Asparagus Soup" in black felt tip pen to half-title, original red cloth-backed yellow boards, dust-jacket, single very small mark to upper panel, some very slight creasing to head and foot, light spotting to top edge verso, otherwise near fine, 8vo, New York & London, 1975.⁂ A rare copy inscribed with the asparagus soup doodle, rendered more unusual by the addition of "reused". Dedicated to Marguerite Littman, Warhol's close friend with whom he often stayed in London, who modelled for his Polaroid portraits in New York between 1976-85, and whom it is said, partially inspired Truman Capote's famous character Holly Golightly, in Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Waugh (Evelyn) Waugh in Abyssinia, first edition, abrasion to pastedowns, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light bumping and fraying to spine tips and corners, first issue dust-jacket, without the usual pastedown to front flap, slight toning to spine, neat repairs along joints and fore-edges, spine ends and corners a little chipped, closed tear to head of upper panel, neat repairs to front flap, rubbed, still in effect an excellent example, 8vo, 1936.⁂ A rare dust-jacket in first issue. Waugh took a keen interest in the exact presentation of this volume and was horrified to discover that the text on the front flap of the dust-jacket had been printed without his approval. In a diary entry dated 17th October 1936 he notes: ""Went to Longman Green to find they had composed a blurb giving exactly the impression of W. in A. which I had tried to supress"". After some debate with Longman's, it was agreed that a piece of card with new text would be pasted over the front flap.
Nash (Paul, 1989-1946) The Wall - Dymchurch, copper engraving on Saunder's mould-made paper, image c.130 x 200mm., tipped into card mount, loose in original wrappers, [1970s]; with another copy of the same, labelled "first proof 22 Sep. 75" in ink on lower margin, tipped into card mount, both with PNT stamp of Paul Nash Trust in margin (2)⁂ Printed from a rare copper plate of c.1923 discovered in Nash's studio after his death and issued by the Tate Gallery and Alexander Postan Publishing. These are from the library of Iain Bain, Head of Publications at the Tate Gallery and expert on copper-plate printing, who supervised the impressions. Nash was previously unknown to have worked in copper.
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Shakespeare Head Press.- Brontë (Charlotte, Emily, Anne & Patrick Branwell) [Works] "The Shakespeare Head Brontë", edited by T.J.Wise and J.A.Symington, 20 vol. including 'Gondal Poems' by Emily Brontë, most limited to 1000 copies, plates and illustrations, original orange cloth, uncut, cream dust-jackets, a few spines lightly browned and frayed at ends, 8vo, Oxford, printed at the Shakespeare Head Press of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1931-38. ⁂ A fine complete set of the extensive Shakespeare Head Brontë including Emily Brontë's Gondal Poems, edited by Helen Brown & Joan Mott, printed by the Shakespeare Head Press in 1938 in a uniform style but not as part of the set. Rare to find complete and in the original dust-jackets.
A PAIR OF BRONZE CHERUBS EMBLEMATIC OF ASTRONOMY AND ARCHITECTURE 18TH/19TH CENTURY Astronomy looking through a telescope and Architecture holding a compass, standing on later stepped black marble square section plinths, one underside with old handwritten note "Valentino Besarel Venice 1829-1902" each 38.5cm high overall, the plinths 12cm square Provenance: Property from the Phillip Lucas Collection, Spitalfields HouseFor similar please see Christie's, Le Goût Steinitz, III, 6th December 2007, Lot 419. Although a definitive source for this rare design has yet to be established- it may be that the sculptor was drawing on Christoph Carl Punct's 1760s designs at Meissen. In particular model 2460 created circa 1760-65. Condition Report: Some minor surface wear and lighter, rubbed areas to the patination, resulting in a matte mid-brown finish interspersed with darker areas. Some more pronounced rub to drapes, The telescope and drapes bearing traces of gilding. Small crack to the drape of the putto with the compass.small edge chips to basesWear, marks, knocks and scratches as per age, handling, use, and cleaning. Please see additional images for visual references to condition which form part of this condition report.All lots are available for inspection and Condition Reports are available on request. However, all lots are of an age and type which means that they may not be in perfect condition and should be viewed by prospective bidders; please refer to Condition 6 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers. This is particularly true for garden related items.We must advise you that we are not professional restorers or conservators and we do not provide any guarantee or warranty as to a lot's condition. Accordingly, it is recommended that prospective buyers inspect lots or have their advisors do so, and satisfy themselves as to condition and accuracy of descriptionAll lots are offered for sale "as viewed" and subject to the applicable Conditions of Business for Buyer's condition, which are set out in the sale catalogue and are available on request. Buyers are reminded that liability for loss and damage transfers to the buyer from the fall of the hammer. Whilst the majority of lots will remain in their location until collected, we can accept no responsibility for any damage which may occur, even in the event of Dreweatts staff assisting carriers during collection. Condition Report Disclaimer
A RARE GEORGE III CARVED AND PAINTED PORTRAIT BUST OF THE SHIPBUILDER WILLIAM WOOD INSCRIBED TO REVERSE 'W WOOD, 1767, 43' On integral socle, carved and painted softwood- probably pine 65cm high, the base 24 by 20cmProvenance: Property from the Phillip Lucas Collection, Spitalfields HousePlease note, the description should read as listed online and not as originally printed in the catalogue.William Wood (1725-1804) established shipyards and timber yards together with his brother John at Whitehaven, Harrington, Workington and Maryport in Cumberland. The Bath historian David Bridgwater has patiently unravelled and sorted through the Wood family history- particularly in relation to the family tradition of having busts carved of themselves. In his blog he relates how an article in the 2015 Georgian Group Journal (Vol XXIII pp.47-64) had suggested that a black painted wood bust in a private collection inscribed 'I WOOD 1767 aged 49' was possibly that of the Bath architect and planner John Wood the Elder. Bridgwater has proved rather that it was of the shipbuilder John Wood. Given that that the John bust is of comparable dimensions and stylistic form to this lot- it would seem probable the busts were carved at the same time- possibly by the same hand. The same article makes the suggestion that the sculptor "might have been a carver of objects such as ships' figureheads .. most of which by that time were made from softwoods, often pine". Given the identity and trade of the two subjects- such a suggestion is more than reasonable.John Wood had had portrait busts of himself carved before. In 2016 Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire sold another carved elm bust inscribed "John Wood 1754 AGED 36 Y" now in a private collection. (Lot 1068, Summer Weekend Auction 20-21 August 2016). Additionally there are several known busts of John's son and grandson.Condition Report: For a full condition report on this lot- please contact us.All lots are available for inspection and Condition Reports are available on request. However, all lots are of an age and type which means that they may not be in perfect condition and should be viewed by prospective bidders; please refer to Condition 6 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers. We must advise you that we are not professional restorers or conservators and we do not provide any guarantee or warranty as to a lot's condition. Accordingly, it is recommended that prospective buyers inspect lots or have their advisors do so, and satisfy themselves as to condition and accuracy of descriptionAll lots are offered for sale "as viewed" and subject to the applicable Conditions of Business for Buyer's condition, which are set out in the sale catalogue and are available on request. Buyers are reminded that liability for loss and damage transfers to the buyer from the fall of the hammer. Whilst the majority of lots will remain in their location until collected, we can accept no responsibility for any damage which may occur, even in the event of Dreweatts staff assisting carriers during collection.Condition Report Disclaimer
Y A RARE GEORGE III SPECIMEN PARQUETRY AND MARQUETRY TEA CADDY IN THE MANNER OF GEORGE HEPPLEWHITE, CIRCA 1790 The hinged top with 'EC' monogram to underside engraved to metal plate within rosette relief 11.5cm high, 12cm wide, 10cm deepProvenance: Property from the Phillip Lucas Collection, Spitalfields HouseThe unusual interior decoration to the inside of the lid is rarely seen. A cut out extract from the ATG with the caddy illustrates a similar example, sold by Sotheby's Pulborough which was signed "N Martin maker, Froxfield, 1793". The design motif of the heart or conjoined hearts at the centre of each panel suggests this may have been gifted as a love token.The design of this caddy is related to the design at Plate 57 of Hepplewhite's "The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide of 1794. Condition Report: Generally good- seems to have been cleaned gently within the last 30 years. Minor veneer and stringing repairs and replacements, the finial to the lid bone. Lid to inside with slight edge and varnish damage, no keyWear, marks, knocks and scratches as per age, handling, use, and cleaning. Please see additional images for visual references to condition which form part of this condition report.All lots are available for inspection and Condition Reports are available on request. However, all lots are of an age and type which means that they may not be in perfect condition and should be viewed by prospective bidders; please refer to Condition 6 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers. This is particularly true for garden related items.We must advise you that we are not professional restorers or conservators and we do not provide any guarantee or warranty as to a lot's condition. Accordingly, it is recommended that prospective buyers inspect lots or have their advisors do so, and satisfy themselves as to condition and accuracy of descriptionAll lots are offered for sale "as viewed" and subject to the applicable Conditions of Business for Buyer's condition, which are set out in the sale catalogue and are available on request. Buyers are reminded that liability for loss and damage transfers to the buyer from the fall of the hammer. Whilst the majority of lots will remain in their location until collected, we can accept no responsibility for any damage which may occur, even in the event of Dreweatts staff assisting carriers during collection.Condition Report Disclaimer
Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Tennessee Whisky, 45%vol 70cl, in wooden crate; Jack Daniel's 1905 Liege Belgium Gold Medal Tennessee Whisky, 43%vol 100cl, boxed; Gentleman Jack Rare Tennesee Whisky, 40%vol 37.5cl; a set of three The Balvenie whisky miniatures, single barrel 15 years old, Doublewood 12 years old and Founder's Reserve 10 years old, boxed; and Glenmorangie pair of whisky miniatures, in tin.
(Occultism, Rosicrucians, Medicine, Magic), John Heydon (1629-c.1667): 'Theomagia, or, The temple of Wisdome : in Three Parts, Spiritual, Celestial, and Elemental : Containing the Occult Powers of the Angels of Astromancy in the Telesmatical Sculpture of the Persians and AEgyptians : the Mysterious Vertues of the Characters of the Stars with the Genii, Idea's and Figures of Geomancy ... : the Knowledge of the Rosie Crucian Physick, and the Miraculous Secrets in Nature ...', London, Printed by T.M. for Henry Brome at the Gun in Ivy-lane, 1663, 1st edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, 3 volumes in 1, [110],1-272,[12],1-228,[229,230],231-316,[8],1-249,[7]pp, woodcut illustrations in text throughout of Geomantic symbols, telesmatic figures, divination/fortune telling illustrations etc, general printed title imprint T.M. for Henry Brome, 1663, separate printed title page for volume 2/book 2 with imprint "for Henry Brome, 1662", separate printed title page for 'Ocia imperialia: being select exercises of philosophy, policy, war, government, etc. The Idea of the Law Charactered from Moses to King Charles. Whereunto is Added, the Cruel Tyranny of Cromwel...', with imprint "for H. Brome at the Gun in Ivie-Lane, and T. Rooks at the Lamb in S.Pauls Church-yard, 1663", separate printed title page for volume 3/book 3 "Printed by J.C. for R. Broom, at the signe of the Gun in Ivy-Lane, 1663", contemporary calf (worn), backstrip detached, with the remaining majority loosely inserted. John Heydon (10 September 1629 – c. 1667) was an English Neoplatonist occult philosopher, Rosicrucian, astrologer and attorney. He was born in "Green Arbour" (near the Old Bailey), London, and educated at Tardebigge, Worcestershire, among his mother's friends, where he studied Latin and Greek with a tutor and was apprenticed to the study of law. His studies were interrupted by the outbreak of the English Civil War, and as a young man, he was said to have served in the royalist army. In 1651 he went abroad, travelling to Italy, Spain, Egypt, Arabia, and Persia. On returning to England he trained in law, in 1655 he was practising as an attorney and also casting horoscopes at Clifford's Inn, he married the widow of Nicholas Culpeper in 1656, and is thought to have fathered a daughter. He attracted attention in royalist and occultist circles for predicting the future, including the death of Oliver Cromwell, then Protector. Their royalist connections caused both Francis and John Heydon to be imprisoned in the final years of the Commonwealth era. The Restoration of 1660 resolved Heydon's incarceration – though he was imprisoned briefly later in 1663 for dealing in suspect (treasonous) literature, and in 1664 for debt. In 1667, Heydon was imprisoned, again, in the Tower of London for his part in the treasonous plots of his patron, the Duke of Buckingham, though that he was innocent and was the victim of someone paid to inform against him. Heydon published a remarkable volume of work in the last twelve years of his life, though was accused of plagiarising Sir Thomas Browne, Thomas Vaughan, and other writers. He was referred to as "an ignoramus and a cheate" by Elias Ashmole; Frances Yates termed him a "strange character...an astrologer, geomancer, alchemist, of a most extreme type. The precise date of Heydon's death is unknown. A rare book, with 'Rare Book Hub' showing only 3 copies sold in the last century, at Sothebys in 1985, Henkels in 1920, and Maggs in 1919.
(Agriculture & Cookery, Precious stones and minerals, Industrial Arts, Alchemy), Sir Hugh Plat: 'The Jewel House of Art and Nature: containing Divers Rare and Profitable Inventions, together with sundry new experiments in the Art of Husbandry. With divers Chymical Conclusions concerning the Art of Distillation, and the Rare Practices and Uses Thereof...Whereunto is added, a rare and excellent Discourse of minerals, stones, gums, and rosins : with the vertues and use thereof', London, printed by Elizabeth Alsop, and are to be sold at her house in Grubstreet, near the Upper Pump, 1653, title in woodcut typographic border and with woodcut of an ear of summer barley to verso, woodcut illustrations, head-pieces and decorative initials, [8],232pp, title page and first couple of leaves toned/browned and with some small marginal part loss (not affecting text/printed area), title page with neat reinforcement to inner margin, final two or three leaves with small marginal part loss, final leaf pp231/232 with marginal part losses professionally repaired/laid down on tissue paper, couple of small old inkstains to pp.24, toning towards outer edge of margins of leaves throughout, mispagination pp.155-162 as usual (all printed contents present), small 4to, rebound quarter blue morocco gilt over marbled paper covered boards. Scarce compendium of useful household information, formulas and recipes, including instructions on storing fruit and flowers, 'how to carry gold in a most secret manner', brewing, 'how to speak by signs onely', stealing bees, preventing drunkenness, 'keeping oysters good ten or twelve days', distilling, alchemy, a portable pump, oilskin clothing, sign language, bridge building, fishing, reviving colours of old pictures and much more.
(Antiquarian Bookselling, Book Industry), an album containing photographs, letters, cuttings and other assorted ephemera compiled by and relating to Robert Ridgill Trout (1878-1969), antiquarian bookseller, who also carried out regular work valuing the libraries of county houses and institutions, including several mounted photographs of the antiquarian bookshop at 118 Euston Road, London, circa 1930's; TLS from the publisher Allen Lane, 27th January 1930; bound in 8pp illustrated promotional booklet for the bookshop, 1923; group of four photographs of fine bindings; photos of interior of bookshop at 118 Euston Road including general view of interior, rare bookroom, fiction room with addressing machine for catalogues; specially designed magazine rack; newspaper cuttings, printed advertisements; original pen & ink advertisement drawing by Robert Ridgill Trout for the bookshop at 118 Euston Road "The Bookshop between Euston and St Pancras" and with printed example opposite; newspaper cuttings re attempted defraudment of Robert Ridgill Trout by a man posing as George Avila, purporting to represent the Earl of Selborne, with two ALS from the Earl of Selborne to Ridgill Trout thanking him; R. Ridgill Trout headed paper; TLS Alexander MacLehose to Trout, 9th March 1933; various other Typed Letters and printed material from publishing houses to Trout, including from Jonathan Cape, Bloomsbury Publishers, Hamish Hamilton, The Hogarth Press, R. Cobden Sanderson etc etc, other photos of window dressing at bookshop, "R. Bishop Bradley, my assistant from 1933-1938", etc, pen & ink captions to leaves in the hand of Robert Ridgill Trout, old half calf (31 x 25cm), worn (top board detached but present)
Enid Blyton, 'Famous Five', complete set of the 21 children's detective series novels, all 1st editions, 1st impressions, all published Hodder & Stoughton, London, all in original cloth, all bar one in dust wrappers ('Five Go Adventuring Again'), all dust wrappers designed by Eileen Soper, comprising 'Five on a Treasure Island', 1942, 32 illustrations by Eileen Soper, publisher's pale blue cloth lettered in black (no internal names or inscriptions, cloth slightly bumped at top right corner, else generally a clean, tight, VGC+ copy), dust wrapper (first issue wrapper, price clipped, but with wider flaps denoting the first issue, some small part losses and minor internal repairs/restoration, else generally VGC). The first of The 'Fives' Books, a very scarce title in 1st edition, in a generally VGC example of the rare dust wrapper; 'Five Go Adventuring Again', June 1943, colour frontis + black & white ills. by Eileen Soper, publisher's pale blue cloth lettered in black (no internal names or inscriptions, cloth slightly bumped/worn); 'Five Run Away Together', August 1944, colour frontis + 8 full page 2 colour illustrations (4 in red and black and 4 in blue and black) and numerous illustrations in black & white throughout by Eileen Soper, publisher's pale blue cloth lettered in black (neat contemporary gift inscription top corner verso FFEP, else internally leaves clean/VGC, cloth slightly bumped worn), dust wrapper (first issue dust wrapper, with price of 6/- net on the front flap intact, and rear flap having the extract from the Daily Sketch and listing the Happy, Merry and Jolly Story Books as called for, slightly toned and with some small part losses at corners and head and foot of spine, else generally VGC). The third and rarest book in the Famous Five series, difficult to find in any condition, this a nice copy in a generally VGC example of the rare wrapper; 'Five Go to Smuggler's Top', July 1945, colour frontis + full page 2 colour illustrations ( in red and black and blue and black) and numerous illustrations in black & white throughout by Eileen Soper, publisher's pale blue cloth lettered in black (internally no names/inscriptions, leaves clean/VGC, cloth v slightly bumped at corners and with one or two small marks, else generally VGC), dust wrapper (some mainly internal repairs/restoration but else a fairly decent example of the still very scarce wrapper with 6/- price intact); 'Five Go Off in a Caravan', November 1946, colour frontis + illustrations in blue & black and black & white throughout by Eileen Soper, publisher's pale blue cloth lettered in black (internally no names/inscriptions, leaves clean/VGC, cloth v slightly bumped at corners/head & foot of spine, else generally VGC), dust wrapper (some minor internal repairs/restoration, some light creases and v small part losses, else 6/- price intact and generally VGC); 'Five on Kirrin Island Again', August 1947, colour frontis (with telescope the wrong way around as called for) + illustrations in blue & black, red & black, and black & white throughout by Eileen Soper, publisher's red cloth lettered in black (internally no names/inscriptions, leaves clean/VGC, cloth VGC), dust wrapper (some very light edgewear and toning, else an excellent example with 6/- price intact, telescope worng way around as called for); 'Five Go Off to Camp', August 1948, colour frontis + illustrations in blue & black, red & black, and black & white throughout by Eileen Soper, publisher's pale blue cloth lettered in black (internally no names/inscriptions, leaves clean/VGC, cloth slightly discoloured towards top edge of front cover, else VGC), dust wrapper (generally VGC example with 6/- price intact); 'Five Get Into Trouble', October 1949, black & white frontis + illustrations in blue & black, red & black, and black & white throughout by Eileen Soper, publisher's red cloth lettered in black (sporadic light foxing, contemporary ownership signature to recto of rear blank, cloth generally VGC), dust wrapper (couple of very light creases and very small nicks/chips, else generally VGC example with 6/- price intact); 'Five Fall Into Adventure', 1950, frontis + illustrations in blue & black, red & black, and black & white throughout by Eileen Soper, original red cloth lettered in black (internally no names/inscriptions, leaves clean/VGC, cloth VGC), dust wrapper (generally VGC, 6/- price intact); 'Five on a Hike Together', 1951, illustrations in blue & black, red & black, and black & white throughout by Eileen Soper, original grey cloth lettered in red (internally no names/inscriptions, leaves clean/VGC, cloth generally VGC), dust wrapper (VGC, 7/6 price intact); 'Five Have a Wonderful Time', 1952, illustrations in blue & black, red & black, and black & white throughout by Eileen Soper, original red cloth lettered in black (internally no names/inscriptions, leaves clean/VGC, cloth generally VGC), dust wrapper (VGC, 7/6 price intact); 'Five Go Down to the Sea', 1953, illustrations in blue & black, red & black, and black & white throughout by Eileen Soper, original red cloth lettered in black (internally no names/inscriptions, leaves clean/VGC, cloth VGC), dust wrapper (small contemporary inscription at foot of inside front panel, else near fine, 7/6 price intact); 'Five Go to Mystery Moor', 1954, illustrations in blue & black and black & white throughout by Eileen Soper, original red cloth lettered in black (internally no names/inscriptions, leaves clean/VGC, cloth VGC), dust wrapper (generally VGC, 7/6 price intact); 'Five Have Plenty of Fun', 1955, illustrations in blue & black and black & white throughout by Eileen Soper, original red cloth lettered in black (internally no names/inscriptions, leaves clean/VGC, cloth VGC), dust wrapper (generally VGC, 7/6 price intact); ' Five on a Secret Trail', 1956, illustrations in blue & black and black & white throughout by Eileen Soper, original red cloth lettered in black (internally no names/inscriptions, leaves clean/VGC, cloth VGC), dust wrapper (generally VGC, 7/6 price intact); 'Five Go to Billycock Hill', 1957, illustrations in blue & black, red & black, and black & white throughout by Eileen Soper, original red cloth lettered in black (internally no names/inscriptions, leaves clean/VGC, cloth generally VGC), dust wrapper (generally VGC, 7/6 price intact); 'Five Get Into a Fix', 1958, illustrations in blue & black and black & white throughout by Eileen Soper, original red cloth lettered in black (internally no names/inscriptions, leaves clean/VGC, cloth slightly bumped at corners/head & foot of spine, else generally VGC), dust wrapper (generally VGC, 7/6 price intact); 'Five on Finniston Farm', 1960, illustrations in blue & black and black & white throughout by Eileen Soper, original red cloth lettered in black (internally no names/inscriptions, leaves clean/VGC, cloth VGC), dust wrapper (generally VGC, 7/6 price intact); 'Five Go to Demon's Rock', 1961, illustrations in blue & black and black & white throughout by Eileen Soper, original red cloth lettered in black (internally no names/inscriptions, leaves clean/VGC, cloth VGC), dust wrapper (generally VGC, 7/6 price intact); 'Five Have a Mystery to Solve', 1962, illustrations in black & white throughout by Eileen Soper, original red cloth lettered in black (internally no names/inscriptions, leaves clean/VGC, cloth VGC), dust wrapper (generally VGC, 7/6 price intact); 'Five are Together Again', 1963, illustrations in black & white throughout by Eileen Soper, original red cloth lettered in black (internally no names/inscriptions, leaves clean/VGC, cloth VGC), dust wrapper (generally VGC, 7/6 price intact). An excellent first edition complete set of the 21 Famous Five novels, scarce to find together in collectable condition (21)
(Fine Binding, Extra Illustrated), Mrs Bray: 'Life of Thomas Stothard', London, John Murray, 1851, extra illustrated with 125 fine and rare plates by Stothard, full crushed crimson morocco, gilt ruled and decorated, spine with raised bands, gilt decorated in compartments, all edges gilt, inner dentelles gilt, by Mansell
Nicholas Monsarrat: 'The Cruel Sea', London, Cassell & Company Ltd, 1951, 1st edition, signed by the author and dated 1951 to FFEP, original blue cloth lettered in silver to spine (generally VGC), dust wrapper (slightly worn with some small closed tears and v. small part losses to extremities, slightly rubbed along spine edges, else generally VGC, 12/6 price intact). One of the authors best known sea stories, a novel following the lives of a group of Royal Navy sailors fighting the Battle of the Atlantic during the Second World War. Based on the author's own experience of serving in corvettes and frigates in the North Atlantic in WWII, successfully adapted into a film of the same name in 1953 directed by Charles Frend and starring Jack Hawkins as Commander Ericson and Donald Sinden as Lockhart. Rare signed
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[Eliza Kirkham Mathews]: 'Argus : the house-dog at Eadlip. Memoirs in a family correspondence, by the Author of Constance and the Pharos.', London, T. Hookham, 1789, 1st edition, 3 volumes bound in 1, half title, [2],261pp; [2],262pp; [2],225,[3]pp ads at end, contemporary half calf gilt. Rare comic novel by the British novelist and poet Eliza Kirkham Mathews, née Strong (1772-1802), who completed several novels and children's books as well as numerous uncollected poems, including a collection of essays, who married the theatre manager and comic actor Charles Mathews (1776-1835) in 1797. Her final publication, the 1801 novel What Has Been, concerns a woman's inability to support her family by writing fiction. She dies of consumption in York in 1802, aged 30 years old
A rare Second War German Luftwaffe Pilot's log book formerly the property of Officer Carl Heinz Wagner dating from October 1941 - March 1944 - aircraft flown include JW34, JW52, HW111, H017, KL35, DO17, ME108, FW58, HS126 AND DW520, most entries placed around Antwerp and Brussels but including a number of flights on the Russian front in 1942
A rare Victorian Volunteer Artillery Officer's uniform comprising blue cloth tunic with silver wire embroidery and silver-plated Victorian crown buttons together with matching trousers, blue cloth and silver wire pill box hat by Cater of London, silver wire waist belt with silvered snake buckle and sword slings and silver wire cross belt with silvered Artillery emblem and buckles (minus pouch)
A rare 19th century Cornwall Artillery Volunteers Officer's sword with etched steel blade by Hobson & Sons of London etched "1st Cornwall V.A." together with the intials "RAP", steel three bar guard and wire bound fish skin grip in steel scabbard (worn by Captain R. A. Peter - No. 2 Battery Looe Cornwall Artillery Volunteers)
A rare early 19th century silver perpetual calendar desk seal, the blue paste matrix moulded with snake in the grass beneath 'beware', the shaft with adjustable perpetual calendar collar, fitted with a turned ebonized handle, length 7.1cm, together with a turned bone handled seal with 'truth love' terminal, length 4.3cm, an ivorine handled seal and a brass seal.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
TY Rare Beanie baby FIFA World Cup Korea 2002 all nations of the world competitors individual “Noses “of all nations and Bears are pristine in brown plush. Nations are; Uruguay,France, USA, Tunisia, South Africa, Turkey, Poland,Slovenia, Croatia, china, Cameroon,Spain, Denmark, Germany, Senegal, Japan, Mexico,Paraguay, Costa Rica, England,Argentina, Ireland, Russia, Sweden, Brazil, south Arabia ,Italy,Portugal, Korea, Nigeria and Belgium ( collection)
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