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Lot 193
Fleming, Ian. Dr. No, first edition, first issue, London: Jonathan Cape, 1958. Octavo, publisher's plain black cloth boards, first state (no silhouette to upper board), unclipped dust-jacket (priced 13s. 6d., advertising From Russia With Love), bearing bookseller's ticket to front pastedown (Bowes & Bowes, Cambridge). Contents generally very good, clean, bright; binding good but with shelf-lean; dust-jacket unclipped with some discolouration/marks and splitting/loss to corners/headcaps
Lot 194
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, eighth printing, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, publication line "10 9 8", hardback, no dust-jacket, lacking front free endpaper, rear endpapers with marks/white paint; boards bumped; shelf-lean; worn corners/headcaps. The book features the mystery wizard design to spine and lower boards (rather than Dumbledore) and includes the "1 wand" error on p.53 - something that famously occurred in the true first printing
Lot 203
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit, first edition, first impression, London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1937. Octavo, publisher's decorated green cloth, black & red illustrated map endpapers, frontispiece, nine plates/illustrations (all present as called for), publisher's advertisement leaf at rear. Contents generally very good, clean, bright throughout; some light toning and very faint spotting to endleaves; light crease to front free endpaper; plate facing p.146 with pale dampstaining; lacking dust-jacket; some splitting/loss to cloth at spine/headcaps, the cloth with some marks and discolouration; the boards a little bumped at lower corners; shelf-lean. The true first edition, first impression of Tolkien's debut novel (one of only 1500 printed on 21 September 1937)
Lot 214
Kipling, Rudyard. The Jungle Book, first edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1894. Octavo, publisher's gilt blue cloth, 19 illustrated plates (including frontispiece), plus numerous illustrations and head-pieces within the text; text complete (including half title, preface, contents). Contents generally good with occasional light spots and marks; black pencil marks on p.63; lacking front free endpaper; protective tissue-guard for frontispiece with some discolouration and short tears; contemporary gift inscription on opening blank leaf, dated 1894; ownership stamp for James Forbes on half title; blind-stamped address on title (Sussex Bell, Haslemere, Surrey). Binding with shelf-lean, becoming a little loose; cloth worn with some dampstaining/cockling, corners bumped, loss to cloth at headcaps and corners
Lot 27
Edgeworth, Maria. Tales and Novels, in nine volumes plus Helen, London: Whittaker et al., 1848 (Helen published as a tenth volume, by Richard Bentley, also 1848). Uniformly bound in publisher's gilt green cloth. Presentation inscription to the title page of first volume, 'Frederic Potterton, As a token of friendship & approbation of the manner in which he has educated the Nephews of the author of this work, From their Grandmother and Mother, Frances Edgeworth, February 1856', then additionally signed, 'Rosa F. Edgeworth, Edgeworthstown, Feb. 1856'. Each volume is inscribed 'Frederic Potterton'. Together with various correspondence to the Pottertons, dating from 1850 to 1911, much of it written by Rosa Edgeworth, 1850s, some of it headed 'Edgeworthstown'. The books appear to be complete with frontispieces and tissue-guards, but some pages are loose and they have not been collated; some shelf-lean and discolouration to bindings; some dampstaining to opening pages; the letters have some heavy staining. Irish Interest
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Lot 67
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue [one of only 500], London: Bloomsbury, 1997, hardback, publisher's laminated pictorial boards, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover. Contents very good, clean, bright; usual very faint toning to page edges; tiny dent/nick to extreme edge of a few pages; one tiny mark on outer page edges; binding very good, laminate entirely present, boards and spine bold and vibrant; slight shelf-lean; very faint wear to extreme corners and outer edges of headcaps; a couple of incredibly faint scratches/impressions to the covers; one inscription in blue ink to rear pastedown, which records the date vendor first read the book to his children; seven magazine clippings relating to the film pasted on opening endleaves and rear pastedown. The author's debut novel and first in the Harry Potter series. Very scarce. Only 500 copies were printed of this true first issue hardback, and 300 of those were sent to schools and libraries - this being one of the more desirable 200
Lot 72
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, first edition, London: Bloomsbury, 1999, hardback, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1', second state without the dropped line of text error. Contents good and clean with light toning around page edges; boards bold and vibrant with shelf-lean and slight bumping to extremities; dust-jacket bold and unclipped with some light creasing and cockling
Lot 473
COLLECTOR'S TABLE. A mahogany glass topped collector's table, the lower shelf with musical instrument inlay. H75xW59xD41cm. WE CANNOT SHIP THIS LOT due to fragility, size or weight. Our recommended carrier is MBE Plymouth on +44 (0) 1752 257224 or info@mbeplymouth.co.uk. Please note that all items in this auction are previously owned & are offered on behalf of private vendors. If detail on condition is required on any lot(s) PLEASE ASK FOR A CONDITION REPORT BEFORE BIDDING. The absence of a condition report does not imply the lot is perfect.
Lot 1038
Fine quality late 19th century mahogany display cabinet, by Shoolbred & Co., in the aesthetic style with gilt heightened ornament, mirrored shelved superstructure and frieze drawer over astragal glazed door with shelf below on turned supports, 56cm wide x 43cm deep x 140cm highCondition report: Cabinet appears to be in good original order with no signs of damage.
Lot 361
An afrormosia desk,1960s, designed in by Richard Hornby and made by Fyne Ladye of Banbury, with a raised hinged shelf opening to reveal divisions and a drawer, over a blue leather surface, above a drawer with a reeded front, 91.5cm wide58.5cm deep102cm highCondition report: Colour and surface worn. Blue leather top fade, worn and with a hole. The stretcher has damage and loss to the right side.
Lot 65
An Art Deco walnut and bird's-eye maple cocktail cabinet,probably by Epstein, of semicircular form, the top opening to reveal a bird's-eye maple interior with a mirror back, with three shelves to the back and the inside of the cupboards, with chrome rails, over a glass surface with two glass-mounted slides, raised on a further reeded cupboard enclosing a shelf, on a plain plinth,122cm wide70cm deep160cm highCondition report: Some knocks to the edges. Some areas filled and touched up - around the cupboards, doors and the edges. One area with damage and lifting to the left door - split to the reeded area. Light to the top cupboard. Failed PAT test.
Lot 28
An Heal's & Son stained ash hall cabinet,1880s, the arched top over a spindle galleried shelf, the cupboard inset with two blue and white pottery tiles representing the arts, a single drawer, stamped 'Heal & Son London', over a cupboard with incised details and painted lozenges, 61cm wide46cm deep174.5cm highWith a letter dated 8th October 1970 from Heal's explaining this piece dates from 1880-1886, that they were made in ash, deal, mahogany and walnut, and numbered 322 in the catalogue.Condition report: Approx 20cm square tiles.The arched top reset - visible split. Knocks to the plinth and edges.Stained top of the cabinet. Appears to be replaced strip to the lower cupboard.
Lot 32
A walnut and maple compactum,c.1880, the inverted top with a carved frieze, over a felt-backed shelf and fleur-de-lys cut apron, over a cabinet enclosing four slides and a base drawer, flanked with hanging cupboards, green cloth lined with base drawers, each door painted with a silhouette roundel of German literary and musical figures: Goethe, Handel, Haydn and Schiller, the cupboards flanked with carved figures, each holding a globe, a book, a serpent or an hourglass, raised on turned columns, raised on an inverted stand with block feet, 242cm wide74cm deep179cm highExhibited: Liberty, 1996.Condition report: See images.Good overall - some knocks and chips. Gilt wear. One keyhole has a lot of scuffing. 5 parts.
Lot 1054
Shapland & Petter A mahogany bureau:, of small size, the shelved superstructure with a shaped ledge back and citrine glass frieze panel with oxidised metal stylised scrollwork, the moulded panel sloping hinged fall enclosing a fitted interior with pigeon holes, having an open shelf below on shaped openwork end support, 64cm (2ft 1 1/4in) wide.* Stamped S & P to lock.
Lot 1055
Shapland and PetterA mahogany coal purdonium:, the ledge back with triple pierced hearts and with serpentine fronted shelf, on waisted square spindle uprights, the hinged box base with cartouche shaped carved panel of stylised cones and foliage, having oxidised meal stylised drop handles to the sides, on block feet, 42.5cm (1ft 4 3/4in) wide, 98cm (3ft 2 1/2in) high.
Lot 1113
Nathan - A retro vintage mid century 1960s teak wood telephone table by Nathan in the squares pattern having a single drawer over a single shelf adjacent to a cushioned seat above a single door cupboard raised on a upright base together with a corner cupboard by Nathan having a curved single door cupboard in the squares pattern raised on an upright base. Measures 56 cm high x 92 cm wide x 38 cm deep.
Lot 548
A pair of 19th century Burmese carved hardwood figural corbels / wall brackets. Each formed as a demon on a ground of open scrollwork supporting a trefoil bow front shelf, 38cm wide, 18cm deep, 35cm high. Provenance; purported as Thoresby Hall, Nottinghamshire, property of the late Lady Rozelle Raynes, inventory number painted to the back of one. Overall very good. Some slight losses to the scroll work.
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