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Click here to subscribeWelsh Rugby Legend Jeff Squire Signed Official Commemorative Cover with 12p Stamp and 20th Sept 1980 Postmark. Welsh Rugby Union Centenary Year 1980-81. Cover No. 1 Fantastic signature. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Worldwide Stamps in a Century Stamp Album no 616 with 10 Hardback Pages and 6 rows each side containing Stamps from United States of America, Australia, Great Britain, Canada, Belgium, China, Czechoslovakia, New Zealand, Netherlands, Denmark, Ireland, India, Spain, Nigeria, South Africa, Magyar, Indonesia, Malaysia, St Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago, Italy, Singapore, Malaya, over 350 Stamps. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
A collection of Royal Mail mint stamp presentation packs and miniature sheets, books, etc. To include; the stamp show 1980 1st miniature sheets x 4, 2nd miniature sheets x 10 and 3rd miniature sheets x 9. The stamp show 2000 miniature sheets, 'Her Majesty's stamps' x 5, Millennium Timekeeper x 4, Exhibition souvenir x 3. A Royal Mail high definitive stamp packs; no. 40, no.14, an unnumbered example containing large stamps with a value of £1, £2 and £5. A quantity of definitive's to include Machin examples, etc.
A collection of Royal Mail presentation packs, stamp books, strips, etc themed around children's tv programmes, authors, etc. To inlcude Beatrix Potter, Rupert the Bear, Thomas the Tank Engine, The Gruffalo, etc. Fifty three presentation packs, nine books, a quantity of books of stamps and strips.
An album containing Royal Mail stamp books 'as new' including; one book of 1st class x 24 , two books of 20 x 1st class, two books of 12 x 1st class, seven books of 10 x 1st class, twenty five books of 6 x 1st class, books of 2nd class, and denominations, etc. Face value approximately over £250
After Fernand Léger (1881-1955)Les Acrobates sur fond orange Painted and glazed ceramic relief, circa 1950, titled and numbered 24/250, with the 'Musée National F. LEGER_BIOT' stamp verso, France, in very good condition500 x 460mm. (19 5/8 x 18in.)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
David Hockney (born 1937)Pool Made with Paper and Blue Ink for Book (M.C.A. Tokyo 234) Lithograph in colours, 1980, on Arches wove paper, signed, dated and numbered 111/1000 in pencil, published by Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York, with their blindstamp, the full sheet, in very good condition, framed; together with the accompanying book Paper Pools, signed in red ink and stamp-numbered 111 on the justification, within the original card slipcaseSheet 265 x 228mm. (10 1/2 x 9in.)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Marc Chagall (1887-1985)Le Chevalet fleuri (Mourlot 1039) Lithograph in colours, 1984, on Arches wove paper, stamp signed and numbered 22/50 in pencil, with the artist's studio blindstamp, the full sheet with deckle edge below, the colours strong and vibrant, in very good conditionImage 325 x 250mm. (12 3/4 x 9 7/8in.); Sheet 550 x 430mm. (21 5/8 x 16 7/8in.)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * AR* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
After Fernand Léger (1881-1955)Visage à une main fond ocre (cf. Saphire 111) Painted and glazed ceramic relief, circa 1950, titled and numbered 124/250 with the 'Musée National F. LEGER_BIOT' stamp verso, France, in very good condition445 x 307mm. (17 1/2 x 12 1/8in.)Footnotes:Fernand Léger was a painter, printmaker and sculptor, who developed a strong visual language of shape and colour to interpret his view of modern life and is perhaps best known for his distinctive brightly coloured subjects outlined in black. He liked to experiment with other media including book illustrations, stained glass and ceramics. In 1949 he began working in collaboration with the ceramicist Roland Brice at Biot, near Antibes. Léger conceived the designs and Brice produced the moulds which were then shaped and coloured by Léger. The designs were partially inspired by motifs already used in his paintings and prints, with two favourite subjects being the circus and head of a woman. These two ceramic reliefs show his use of vibrant colours to contrast with the white glazed ceramic of the figures and black lines to emphasize the three dimensionality of the work. Shortly after Léger's death in 1955, his wife Nadia built the Musée national Fernand Léger in Biot, which now houses the French national collection of his work, including several ceramic pieces.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)L'Aubade, avec Femme Accoudée (Baer 1233) Linocut printed in brown and beige, 1959, on Arches wove paper, the first state (of three), Baer records only seven to eight impression of this state, with the 'Imprimerie Arnéra Archives/Non Signé' ink stamp verso, the full sheet, with pale time staining, otherwise in very good condition Plate 535 x 645mm. (21 x 25 1/4 in.); Sheet 621 x 750mm. (24 1/2 x 29 3/4in.)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * AR* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Trianon Press.- Blake (William) Europe: A Prophecy, one 480 copies, 1969; Visions of the Daughters of Albion, one of 446 copies, very small ink stamp to back of plate 4, light spotting to plates 4-5, slip case with an abrasion to cover and torn corner, 1959; The Book of Los, one of 480 copies, very light occasional spotting, 1975, collotype plates hand-coloured through stencil, original tan morocco-backed marbled boards, spines lightly sunned, first two t.e.g., marbled slip cases, Triannon Press, 4to (3)
NO RESERVE Cave (Roderick) Fine Printing and Private Presses, 2001 § Farmer (Geoffrey) Private Presses and Australia with a check-list, one of 450 copies, Melbourne, Hawthorn Press, 1972 § Peace (David) Eric Gill: The Inscriptions. A descriptive catalogue, Herbert Press, 1994 § Mason (John) Paper Making as an Artistic Craft, first edition, illustrations by Rigby Graham, 1959 § Premchand (Neeta) Off the Deckle Edge: A Paper-Making Journey through India, paper samples, Bombay, 1995 § Willis, Jr. (J.H.) Leonard and Virginia Woolf as Publishers: The Hogarth Press, 1917-41, Charlottesville & London, 1992 § Poole (Monica) The Wood Engravings of John Farleigh, "specimen" copy with stamp to title, Henley-on-Thames, 1985, illustrations, original cloth or boards, all but the last with dust-jackets, the second price-clipped; and a small quantity of others on private presses etc. including some issues of Private Press and Albion, v.s. (Qty)
NO RESERVE Oxford Printing.- Barker (Nicolas) The Oxford University Press and the Spread of Learning 1478-1978, reprint, original cloth, gilt, dust-jacket, 1979 § Johnson (J.) & Strickland Gibson. Print and Privilege at Oxford to the year 1700, ex-library copy with stamp to title, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, 1946 § Bridges (Robert) Milton's Prosody, one of 250 large paper copies, contemporary buckram, uncut, spine faded, joint split, 1893 § Jonson (Ben) Volpone or The Fox, limited edition signed by the artist, pochoir plates by René Ben Sussan, original cloth-backed patterned cloth, uncut, dust-jacket, slip-case, for members of the Limited Editions Club, 1952, some plates and illustrations, Oxford; and 12 others on or printed at the Oxford University Press, 4to & 8vo (16)
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, fourth issue hardback, London: Bloomsbury, 1997. Contents generally bright with occasional light creasing and wear; bumping with wear/loss to corners/edges/headcaps; ex-school library copy: Twyford C of E First School, Buckingham, bearing library label on front free endpaper and library stamp on front pastedownProvenance: The headteacher of Twyford C of E School has kindly provided a letter advising that the book has been withdrawn from the school library and that any funds generated from this sale will be going towards updating their existing library stock
SET OF EIGHT GEORGE VI SCOTTISH SILVER QUAICHS,maker R & W Sorley, of plain form on splayed circular bases, Sorley Glasgow retailer's stamp to underside, width of each 11cm, approx 920gCondition report: One with small dent to rim, otherwise usual light scratches and nicks, some of the feet with very slight knocks, no signs of engraving visible; stated width includes the handles, diameter of bowl 7.8cmSix Glasgow 1948, two Glasgow 1951
Fuller (S. and J., publisher). The History of Little Fanny, 8th edition, 1811, 7 figures, two hats and a head (a further two hats supplied in facsimile, sporadic foxing to leaves, original paper wrappers, original slipcase, rubbed to extremities, lightly spotted, 16mo, together with:Carroll (Lewis). The Wonderland Postage-Stamp Case, with Eight or Nine Wise Words About Letter-Writing, 1st edition, Oxford: Emberlin and Son, 1890, lacking outer envelope & stamps, slipcase toned & rubbed, 16mo, with:Kirby (W.F.). Natural History: For The Use of Young People, 3 volumes, London: The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1889, numerous plates (many double-page), occasional pencil sketches, light spotting, original pictorial cloth-backed boards, extremities worn, boards rubbed, 4to, with The Speaking Picture Book, London: Grevel, circa 1880, toned & spotted, original publisher's binding, extremities worn, boards marked, 4to, together with circa 80 volumes of predominantly 19th-century children's books, including Kate Greenaway almanacks, Volume 4 of The Infant's Library, moveable toy books and othersQty: (approx. 90)
[Gibbs, Henry Hucks]. The Game of Ombre, London: printed for private circulation, 1874, half-title, 2 hand-coloured plates (including frontispiece), armorial bookplate of Samuel Chichester, Baron Carlingford (Irish MP), front free endpaper with ink inscription from the author 'Carlingford. From the Author May 1874 Henry Hucks Gibbs', top edges gilt, original green cloth gilt, 8vo, together with a second and a third edition of the same book, both in original cloth, privately printed, 1878 & 1902, 2nd edition inscribed on front free endpaper, 'Henry Lloyd Gibbs, Xmas 1878', and: Cadogan (Lady Adelaide). Illustrated Games of Patience, First & Second Series, 2 volumes, 5th and 1st edition respectively, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1885/1887, coloured plates to each, decorative green and blue cloth respectively, lightly rubbed and marked, Second Series with faded spine, 4to, Steinmetz (Andrew). The Gaming Table: its Votaries and Victims, in all Times and Countries, especially in England and in France, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Tinsley Brothers, 1870, volume 1 with half-title, and with circular embossed library stamp on front free endpaper, scattered foxing (including to edges), front pastedowns with book ticket of John Standring, hinges split, and rear cover and spine of first volume detached at rear hinge, original blind-blocked red cloth, spines faded and slightly frayed at ends, 8vo, plus 4 others relatedQty: (9)Footnote: Gibbs: Jessel 637, 639 & 640: "a full and lucid description of this excellent game". The first edition ran to 200 copies, and the second to 100 copies. Cadogan: Jessel 205; Horr 253. Steinmetz: Jessel 1539; Horr 1223; Hargrave, p.388.
[Jones, Henry.] Patience Games with Examples Played Through, illustrated with numerous diagrams, by "Cavendish", 1st edition, London: Thomas De La Rue & Co., 1890, half-title, printed in red and black, frontispiece and diagrams on letterpress, 8pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, all edges gilt, original bevel-edged brown cloth, blocked in gilt and blind, some faint spotting and marks, oblong 4to, together with: [Hogg, James, editor]. The Whist Table. A Treasury of Notes on the Royal Game, by "Cavendish," C. Mossop, A. C. Ewald, Charles Hervey and other distinguished players ... To which is added Solo Whist and its Rules by Abraham S. Wilks, the whole edited by "Portland", 1st edition, London: John Hogg, [1894], half-title, 3 photographic portraits, including frontispiece, 1 plate, 1 full-page illustration, 32pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, upper hinge split, original bevel-edged maroon cloth, lavishly blocked in gilt, red and black, spine faded, 8vo, [Pettes, George William]. American or Standard Whist. By G. W. P., 1st edition, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1880, half-title, blank preceding half-title torn out, toned throughout, ink ownership stamp on final leaf of text and verso of rear free endpaper, upper hinge split, bookplate of James Constantine Webster, original grey-blue pictorial cloth, blocked in red and black, darkened spine frayed at ends with loss, covers lightly spotted and marked, lower corner of upper cover bumped, 8vo, and a quantity of 68 other late 19th and early 20th century books relatedQty: (71)Footnote: Jessel 982; 752; 1321.
Mortier (J.C.). A Bas Tous les Jeux, 1st edition, Paris: Pelletié, [1803?], signed by the author on leaf following title ("tout les exemplaires seront signés de l'auteur"), engraved frontispiece captioned "Frémissez! voila du joueur le sort inévitable!!" (toned, trimmed and slightly frayed to fore-margin), half-title discarded, title-page toned, staining and marks throughout, mainly to margins, untrimmed, a number of blank leaves bound in at rear, marbled endpapers, later 19th century brown half morocco gilt, by Townsend with his ink stamp to verso of front free endpaper, 8vo, together with: Collections des Jeux. Collection des Jeux de Société, nouvelle édition, revue, corrigée et acceptée par toutes les Académies de Paris, avec les décisions des meilleurs joueurs, sur les coups les plus difficiles, Paris: Aubry, [1800?], woodcut on title-page, tables on letterpress, first and final leaves foxed, leaf 9[i] with paper fault to lower outer corner (with loss of several letters), final leaf ('Table') with paper fault and consequent loss to lower blank margin, contemporary calf-backed speckled boards with vellum corners, gilt decorated spine with morocco label, 12mo in 6s, Académie Universelle. Académie Universelle des Jeux, contenant les Régles des Jeux de Quadrille, & Quintille, de l'Hombre à Trois, du Piquet, du Réversis, des Echecs, du Trictrac; & de tous les autres jeux. Avec des instructions faciles pour aprendre à les bien joüer, nouvelle edition, Paris: Theodore le Gras, 1739, woodcut on title-page, head and tail-pieces and initial letters, tables and illustrations on letterpress, a few minor marks, including ink stains on Aa8, marbled pastedowns, armorial bookplate of Cedercrantz, early ink annotations on front free endpaper, contemporary speckled calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco label, rubbed and a little scuffed in places, 12mo, plus 4 18th and 19th century booklets related, and a hollowed out early 19th century gilt decorated calf binding (with a number of leaves remaining), 4to, containing 2 decks of 20th century Crown playing cards and 2 bridge score books, armorial bookplate of Bibliotheca del Principe di TorellaQty: (8)Footnote: Rare: four copies only listed in WorldCat. The frontispiece provides a warning of the dangers of gambling, depicting a man shooting himself whilst at a gaming table, his fellow gamesters oblivious to his fate. This is the only edition of the second work that we have been able to identify; there are three copies located in WorldCat (Nevada, Leipzig and Oxford). The contents lists 21 games, including Piquet, Boston Whist, Roulette, Quinze, Dominoes and Billiards. Depaulis 147 gives the suggested date.
[Pisarri, Carlo]. Istruzioni Necessarie per chi Volesse Imparare il Giuoco Dilettevole delli Tarocchini di Bologna, 1st edition, Bologna: Ferdinando Pisarri, 1754, engraved vignette on title-page, engraved headpiece depicting a group of men and women playing cards, ink library stamp on verso of title covered with portion of paper, scattered foxing, B8 with long vertical tear and associated stain, paper repair at lower margin on recto slightly encroaching on engraved tail-piece (repair itself with short worm trail), front free endpaper glued to pastedown, lacking rear free endpaper, and lower hinge with paper repair, contemporary boards, sometime crudely rebacked with paper, spine torn, with adhesive tape repair and loss, 8vo, together with: Attributed to Antonio Rodrigues Veloso de Oliveira. Tratado do jogo do Voltarete, com as Leis Geraes do Jogo, 1st edition, Lisbon: Simão Thaddeo Ferreira, 1794, first few leaves lightly water-stained at head of gutter, without index leaves bound at rear, red sprinkled edges, contemporary mottled sheep, rubbed and with some ink marks, rear cover bowed and joint splitting, upper joint split at head, 8vo, Tarot. Regole Generali del Giuoco delle Minchiate, Con diverse istruzioni brevi, e facili per bene imparare a giuocarlo, Florence: Stamperìa Vanni e Tofani, 1781, scattered foxing, and some toning, contemporary cream wrappers, dust-soiled, ink markings on front cover, small 8voQty: (3)Footnote: Carlo Pisarri's work is one of the earliest books describing the Italian trick-taking Tarot card game of Bolognese Tarocchini, played with 62 cards.
Statutes. Anno Regni Annæ Reginæ Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ decimo. At the Parliament Begun and Holden at Westminster, the Twenty fifth Day of November, Anno Dom. 1710 ... And from thence Continued ... to the Seventh Day of December, 1711, being the Second Session of this present Parliament, London: printed by John Baskett, 1712, woodcut device on title, title with library markings and oval ink stamp, a few other pages with library stamps, final part G1-H6 ('Duties upon Sope') browned, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, covers with gilt stamped coat of arms of Queen Anne, neatly rebacked and recornered, 12moQty: (1)Footnote: ESTC N52383 (folio edition); Kress S.2584 (folio). Uncommon duodecimo edition, published in the same year as the folio edition. This Act includes "Laying several Duties upon all Sope and Paper made in Great Britain, or Imported into the same ... And for Charging certain Stocks of Cards and Dice".
Attwell (Mabel Lucie). Peeping Pansy, by Marie Queen of Rumania, London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1919], half-title, 8 tipped-in colour illustrations, with captioned tissue guards, 8 full page black & white illustrations, black & white illustrations in letterpress, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary dark blue morocco gilt by Mudie (gilt winged horse stamp to front pastedown),somewhat rubbed, spine a little faded, the covers and spine with simple gilt and inlaid red morocco design, the spine gilt lettered at head, endcaps and edges with simple gilt tooling, turn-ins gilt decorated with rolls and with floral tools to outer corners, large 8vo, together with: Potter (Beatrix), The Tailor of Goucester, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, [and] The Tale of Two Bad Mice, 4 volumes in one, later editions, London: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd., after 1919, half-titles, colour illustrations, some original pictorial endpapers bound-in, marbled endpapers, free endpapers with edges toned, front hinge cracked before half-title, all edges gilt, near contemporary russet morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (gilt lettered stamp to front turn-in), a trifle rubbed and marked, 2 corners showing, short split to front joint at head, gilt decorated and lettered spine somewhat faded, thick 16moQty: (2)
* Brock (Henry Matthew, 1875-1960). Original cover illustration for 'Strand Magazine', circa 1910, watercolour on artist's board, showing a snowy scene with a postman delivering mail to a young mother and 3 eager children at the front door of a house, with lettering above and below 'The Sunday Strand' and 'December "Christmas Greetings"', signed lower left, sheet size 37.2 x 26.4cm (14.5 x 10.5ins), together with: Drawing of Joan Brock as a Child, pen and ink on card, depicting a young girl with pigtails crouching down on a beach poking a crab with a stick, some pencil marks, two old pin holes and faint crease to upper edge, titled in pencil on verso, sheet size 11.2 x 10.6cm (4.5 x 4.25ins), plus a 3pp. manuscript letter signed from Joan Brock to Victor Chinnery, dated 4th July 1977, both items loosely contained in a copy of An Introduction to Old English Furniture by W.E. Mallett, illustrated by H.M. Brock, [1906], some foxing, free endpapers browned, front free endpaper inscribed to Victor Chinnery by the artist's daughter 'For Vic with gratitude & best wishes from Joan P. Brock August 1977', with Victor's oval ink stamp below, original cloth-backed printed boards, some minor marks and slight wear to edges in places, 4toQty: (4)Footnote: Academic Victor Chinnery was the author of the seminal work Oak Furniture: The British Tradition, published in 1979. Joan Brock was the second of artist Henry Brock's three children.
* Tenniel (John, 1820-1914). Forty-one wood-engravings from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, [Rocket Press for Macmillan, 1988], 11 duplicates, and 1 engraving in triplicate, each with Macmillan's oval embossed stamp lower right, pencilled with limitation, approximately 13 x 9cm (5 x 3.5ins) and smaller, 7 mounted, each of remainder (except 2) loosely enclosed in original printed card wrappers (some fading) with integral mountQty: (41)Footnote: Limited edition of 250. Printed from the original boxwood blocks that were used to create the electrotype plates for the first editions of Lewis Carroll's Alice books. In the 1980s the blocks were found in two deed boxes belonging to Macmillan, in a bank vault where they had lain undisturbed since the Second World War. Macmillan had only used the original blocks to make electrotypes, therefore they survived in remarkably fine condition, enabling the publisher to commission The Rocket Press to produce a limited edition of 250 prints taken, for the first and only time to date, directly from the blocks. Only one of the original 92 blocks was missing ('Alice & the Dodo') so an electrotype was used in its place to complete the set. No further sets were commissioned and the woodblocks are now held by the British Library.
* Watercolours, drawings and prints. A collection of watercolours, drawings and prints, including: Michael Cummings (1919-1997), "Remember the Good Old Days when we only had the 'H' Bomb to worry about ... ", 1970, pen & black ink on board, signed upper right, pencilled annotation to blank margin, added ink manuscript date bottom left, verso with ink manuscript date and with ink date stamp '26 Oct 1970', with the printed version of the same cartoon adhered to verso, lightly dust-soiled with a few minor marks, 36.6 x 49.6cm (14 3/8 x 19 1/2ins), also: Six humerous sketches, late 19th century, pen & black ink and watercolour on paper, 4 with title, all with ink manuscript caption, verse or speech, dust-soiled with variable spotting, titles include: 'What a Shocking Bad Hat!', 'The Image of Pa!', 'Low Life, Above Stairs', two sketches after works pictured in 'Gallery of Comicalities; Embracing Humorous Sketches ...', London: Charles Hindley, [1891], plus: Violet Edney (1908-1980), a group of 11 cartoon illustrations, watercolour and pencil on board, each signed lower right, and: a collection of 78 (of 84) colour plates from Enid Blyton's 'Two Years in the Infant School, c.1940s, without plates 11, 21, 24, 26, 52, 79, depicting nature & countryside scenes, travel, children's pastimes, shops & industry etc., by various artists including Dorothy Newsome and Ernest Aris, various conditions, sheet size 52 x 41cm (20 1/2 x 16ins), plus approximately 75 illustrations, various media, mostly on board, various sizes, two framedQty: (approx. 170)
* Zinkeisen (Doris Clare, 1898–1991). Six Costume Designs, six gouache designs for theatre costumes, on paper, each signed to lower right or left, one sheet with embossed stamp 'R.W.S. / 26 Conduit Street / Guaranteed pure paper' alongside embossed mark 'RWS / 1804', one with watermark 'T & J H Kent', each sheet size 38.2 x 28.0 cm (15 x 11 ins), all window mounted within matching gold frames, glazed (59.8 x 49.1 cm), (one only examined out of frame)Qty: (6)Footnote: Doris Zinkeisen was a Scottish theatrical stage and costume designer, painter, commercial artist, and writer.
Henty (G.A.) Chamber's Supplementary Readers. Gallant Deeds. Being stories told by G.A. Henty, 1st edition, London & Edinburgh: W & R. Chambers, 1905, 3 monochrome illustrations by Arthur Rackham and W. Boucher, a few minor spots, publisher's ink stamp 'Specimen with the publisher's compliments' to title, endpapers toned, previous owner signature, original grey-blue cloth, some fading to spine, a little rubbed at ends, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Newbolt 110.1: "This scarce publication is sought after by collectors of Arthur Rackham's work as well as by collectors of G.A. Henty. The only Henty work in Chambers's Supplementary Readers, a series not to be confused with Chambers's 'Continuous' Readers, in which three of his stories appeared in condensed form".
Bates (H.E.) The Seekers, 1st edition, London: John and Edward Bumpus, 1926, light spotting to fore edges, original boards, glassine wrapper (a few tears), 8vo, with a loose 1 pp. signed autograph letter, 1928 sending the unknown recipient a copy of the book and discussing the work, together with Fair Stood the Wind for France, 1st edition, London: Michael Joseph, 1944, original cloth, dust jacket, a couple of small closed tears at head of spine, nicks at folds, 8vo, inscribed by the author to half title, plus The Purple Plain, 1st edition, London: Michael Joseph, 1947, original cloth (spine a little darkened, small abrasions to lower cover), dust jacket, closed tear at head of spine, bookseller ink stamp at foot of rear panel, 8vo, inscribed by the author to half title, with 2 others: Dear Life, 1950, and The Country of White Clover, 1952, both inscribed by the authorQty: (5)
Clarke (Arthur C). 2001 A Space Odyssey, 1st UK edition, London: Hutchinson, 1968, spotting to edges, original publisher's cloth, dust jacket, flaps marginally spotted, 8vo, together with: Asimov (Isaac). Foundation's Edge, 1st edition, Garden City: Doubleday, 1982, ownership blind stamp to front free endpaper, original publisher's cloth, dust jacket, front flap clipped, extremities chipped, 8vo, with: Asimov (Isaac). Robots and Empire, 1st edition, Garden City: Doubleday, 1985, original publisher's cloth, boards marked & bumped, dust jacket, extremities rubbed, 8voQty: (3)
Dix (Maurice B.) The Dartmoor Mystery, 1st edition, London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1935, a little light spotting, original cloth, dust jacket, spine ends and folds reinforced to verso, some toning and spotting, 8vo, together with Freeman (R. Austin). Felo De Se?, 1st edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1937, advertisements at end, some minor spotting, original cloth (spine faded), dust jacket, head of spine reinforced to verso, a little toned with small chips, 8vo, plus Wentworth (Patricia). The Key, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1946, small previous owner ink stamp to front endpaper, original cloth, slightly bowed, price-clipped dust jacket, a few small nicks, 8vo, together with other detective fiction etc by Margery Allingham, Agatha Christie and othersQty: (19)
Forster (E. M.). Where Angels fear to tread, 1st edition, London: William Blackwood and Sons., 1905, spine cracked to pp.2, rear gutter cracked, some light toning throughout, publishers original blue cloth, spine slightly faded & rubbed, boards lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo A Passage To India, 1st edition, London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1924, heavy worming to the front & rear pastedowns, some further worming throughout, contemporary ink stamps to the front endpaper, blind stamp to the title page with a further ex-library ink stamp to the verso, toning throughout, publishers original red cloth, boards & spine rubbed, 8vo A Passage To India, 1st U.S. edition, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1924, period inscription to the front endpaper, cracked spine to the title page, some light toning, publishers original black cloth, spine slightly loose, boards & spine slightly rubbed & faded, 8voQty: (3)
Joyce (James). A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1st UK edition, London: The Egoist Ltd, [1917], a few minor spots, previous owner signature to front endpaper, 'Royal Naval War Libraries' ink stamp to front pastedown, front hinge a little tender, original green cloth, small splits at head of joints, ring mark and a few small stains to covers, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Slocum and Cahoon A12. The first English edition, bound up from sheets from the first US edition, published by B.W. Huebsch in New York in 1916.
Kipling (Rudyard). The Jungle Book, 1st edition, London & New York: Macmillan and Co., 1894, illustrations by J.L. Kipling, W.H. Drake and P. Frenzeny, occasional light spotting, previous owner signature and bookplate of Eric Danks, all edges gilt, original blue cloth gilt, spine a little darkened and rubbed, a few small stains, slight lean, 8vo, together with The Second Jungle Book, 1st edition, London & New York: Macmillan and Co., 1895, illustrations by J.L. Kipling, advertisement leaf, some light spotting, ink stamp to front endpaper, bookplate, all edges gilt, original cloth gilt, spine a little darkened, edges slightly rubbed, 8voQty: (2)
Verne (Jules). Michael Strogoff, The Courier of the Czar, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1877, frontispiece, 89 illustrations, folding map, bookplate & bookseller's ticket to front pastedown, stamp to title, stamp to text leaf offset to map, occasional spotting, original publisher's cloth, all edges gilt, boards marked, corners bumped, extremities slightly rubbed, 8voQty: (1)
* Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo. An uncommon collection of autographs relating to the Alfred Hitchcock film Vertigo, 1958, consisting of the signatures of the majority of the main characters or individuals involved in the making of the film: Hitchcock (Alfred, 1899-1980), Autograph self-caricature, 'Alfred Hitchcock', on a piece of yellow paper (tape mark showing through from the reverse to the top part of this boldly executed image and with little contact with the image); Herrmann (Bernard, 1911-1975), Excellent signature, 'Bernard Herrmann', neatly cut from the book Thomas Hardy from Bernard Herrmann’s own library; Stewart (James, 1908-1997), Autograph note signed, 'I want you to know that I am very grateful to you for your kind letter, James Stewart’; Novak (Kim, born 1933), Signature, 'Kim Novak', on a small piece of paper in purple ink; Bel Geddes (Barbara, 1922-2005), Good signature, 'Very best wishes Barbara Bel Geddes', on a First Day Cover celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Alfred Hitchcock; Helmore (Tom, 1904-1995), Scarce signature, 'Tom Helmore', on a clear part of a newspaper cutting, showing a small image of the English-born actor; Jones (Henry, 1912-1999), Good signature, 'Henry Jones', on a First Day Cover showing both an image and postage stamp of Alfred Hitchcock; Corby (Ellen, 1911-1999), Signature in red ink on a small white card; Patrick (Lee, 1901-1982), Large signature, 'Lee Patrick', on an irregularly cut piece; Head (Edith, 1897-1981), Signature and dedication in blue pen on the front of an envelope; Boileau (Pierre, 1906-1989), Autograph envelope signed on the reverse with his nom de plume, ‘Boileau-Narcejac’; Narcejac (Thomas, born Pierre Ayraud, 1908-1998), Autograph envelope with his signature, 'Th Narcejac’Qty: (12)
* Napoleon I (1769-1821). Emperor of France. Military Order Signed of Napoleon for the Formation of a Special Security Force, Fontainebleau, [Sunday] 24 January 1813, to M. le Duc de Feltre, 'vous Recevrez un Decret par lequel j’ai ordonne la formation d’une colonne de 700 hommes a pied et de 250 chevaux, qui sera Reunie sous les orders du General de Brigade Henry, pour Reprimer les desordres qui naissent dans les Departments de la Sarthe et de la Mayenne' ('you will receive a Decree by which I have ordered the formation of a column of 700 infantry and 250 cavalry, which will assemble under the orders of Brigadier General Henry, to suppress the disorders which are arising in the Departments of Sarthe and Mayenne'), then saying to 'order General Henry to be at Mans tomorrow. Send by courier an order to General Bonnard to organise the company of light infantry of the 3rd battalion of the 121st [Regiment], and the light infantry company of the 4th battalion of the same Regiment, which are at Blois; the light infantry company of the 3rd battalion of the 122nd, which is at Vendome, and the light infantry company of the 4th battalion of the 5th Light Infantry which is at Cherbourg, 2 companies of the 26th complete with 70 horse each' ('26e de chasseurs complettes a 70 chevaux chacune' in Napoleon's hand), 'These companies must be complete each with 100 men and put immediately to march. They can be there tomorrow, the day after, and in the first days of the week. General Henri will co-ordinate with the local authorities to divide his columns and assign heir directions. He will use the support of all the foresters; he will cause the forest guardians to march with his columns and if it should be necessary the Sous-Prefets, mayors and national guard, which must work towards the pursuit of the Bandits, shall also march with his columns. Send General Henry a sum of 70,000F to pay bonuses to his force in place of meat and wine, and to pay them for the brigands captured. Recommend him to keep his force in constant Movement, and to use everything he has to arrest these wretches. He will take care also to pay [his] spies well, so as to be able to surprise the brigands. Inform the Generals commanding these military divisions and the Departments, of the formation of this mobile column and recommend them to use all their resources to support their operations; finally order the Commanding General of the 13th Division to assemble near Laval a company of light infantry of the 3rd and 4th battalions of the 86th and to add to them twenty or so Gendarmes, mounted and on foot. He will place this column under the orders of an Adjutant officer and at General Henri’s disposition ('et a la disposition du general Henri' in Napoleon's hand) or an officer of Gendarmerie intelligence, and will alert General Henry as to where this column is to be found, which should manoeuvre in concert with the others and under his orders', two marginal additions in Napoleon's hand as noted, signed 'Nap' at foot, 4 pages, 4toQty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: 'Collection A F Rossignol Paris' (embossed stamp with Imperial 'N' circled with text to lower outer corner of second leaf). The order was given not long after Napoleon's return to Paris (18 December 1812) following his disastrous retreat from Moscow: he had left the remnants of his army 60 miles east of Vilnius on 5 December, after crossing the Berezina. It shows Napoleon's impressive command for detail and his concern to reinforce internal security in France, which had perhaps deteriorated in his absence. A full transcript in French and English translation are available on request.
Vinyl ? Classical - Johannes Brahms, Antonín Dvo?ák, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra*, Rafael Kubelik ? Hungarian Dances; Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3; Scherzo Capriccioso (1960 His Master?s Voice Record ASD 347 Gold White Stereo labels), ED 1. Sleeve Ex (library stamp on back), Vinyl EX+ possibly played only once
Vinyl & Autographs - David Bowie The Man Who Sold The World RCA LSP-4816 Stereo reissue sleeve. Signed to front of sleeve by Mick Ronson. Sleeve is Vg- with signs of wear to corners and edges, and has gold 'Not For Sale Demonstration' stamp to top right. Vinyl Vg with various noticeable surface marks and scratches, Poster Ex *
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