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THE DEDICATION COPY government as Minister of Production during History 3. [GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS]; DE the Second World War. At this time de Chair CHAIR, Somerset NAPOLEON’S MEM- acted as his Parliamentary Private Secretary, 1. BAKER, Sir Richard A CHRONICLE OIRS Vol I: Corsica to Marengo; Vol II: whilst researching this book. OF THE KING’S OF From the Waterloo Campaign The Golden Cockerel Time of the Romans Government, unto 4. KIPLING, Rudyard THE IRISH Press, 1945. the Death of King James Printed for H. GUARDS IN THE GREAT WAR Macmil- First edition. Two volumes, folio. One of Sawbridge, 1684. lan & Co. Ltd., 1923. 50 copies in a special full morocco bind- Eighth impression, revised and “freed First edition. Two volumes. Tall 8vo. Orig- ing by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, designed from many errors and mistakes of the for- inal red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine by John Buckland-Wright, of contrasting mer editions.” Folio. Contemporary calf, and with the regimental crest in gilt on the burgundy and green morocco with a bee sometime rebacked. Frontis and engraved upper cover. Top edge gilt. Eleven maps, motif to the covers, signed by the edi- title page. Frontis etching of Charles II by four of them double page. A very good tor. The dedication copy, inscribed by de William Sherwin. Some marks and stains, set, slight shelf wear and a small mark to Chair under the printed dedication to Ol- as might be expected, but overall a hand- the cover of vol II. [35709] £150 iver Lyttleton, “For Oliver from Somerset some copy. [35437] £300 Kipling’s 18 year old son, John Kipling, served in memory of a happy partnership at the with the Irish Guards and was listed as missing ministry of Production and in Parliament. during the Battle of Loos in September 1915. As 2. CHURCHILL, Winston A HISTORY 15 April 1942 to 9 November 1944”, and in a tribute to his son’s regiment Kipling wrote OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES. the second volume on the verso of the title this history of their service in the 1914-18 war. Cassell, 1956-1958. page, “For Oliver from Somerset (a fellow 5..LAWRENCE, T.E. SEVEN PILLARS OF Four volumes, all first editions. 8vo. Red Bonapartist) 12 February 1946”. Title page WISDOM Cape, 1935. cloth in decorative dustwrappers. Top vignettes by John Buckland-Wright, map First published edition, limited issue edge red. Numerous maps printed in endpapers by Somerset de Chair, frontis- (published a day before the trade issue). black and white. A near fine set. Volume piece photographs of Napoleon. A near No. 216 of 750 copies. Original quarter one with some foxing to the endpapers, in fine set, spines slightly toned. Housed in pigskin and buckram with gilt titles on general a bright, attractive copy of this set matching morocco entry slipcase. [35136] the spine and gilt sword vignette on up- of books. [35626] £350 £2,500 Oliver Lyttleton, later Viscount Chandos, was a per cover. Top edge gilt. Fifty-one plates British businessman who was brought into the (including four in colour) and four fold- ing maps. A fine copy with the susceptible pigskin in excellent order and just a little foxing to the fore-edge. [35066] £1,650 The author’s magnum opus and most notable work, it was published for friends in 1922 and for subscribers in 1926. In order to protect the rarity of the subscriber’s edition, Lawrence for- bad its publication until his death. This is the first edition made generally available. “It ranks with the greatest books ever written in the English language” - O’Brien A041

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7. McKELVIE, Colin Laurie THE SNIPE 8. WHYMPER, Charles Egyptian Birds A Natural History Studies in Words and Pictures, with a & C Black, 1909. Foreword by The Rt. Hon. The Lord Mar- First (sole) edition. 8vo. Fawn pictorial WITH ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS gadale Fine Sporting Interests Ltd., 1989. cloth, lettered in gilt, with a design printed 6. McKELVIE, Colin Laurie THE WOOD- Signed limited edition de luxe. Folio. in gilt, red and green. Top edge gilt. Fifty COCK A Study in Words and Pictures, Number 9 of 26 copies, of a total limitation one colour plates, under captioned tissue with a Foreword by Edward Douglas, of 300, specially bound and boxed, with guards, and 11 drawings in the text. A fine Viscount Coke Fine Sporting Interests Ltd., an original signed watercolour by Richard copy, slight browning to the endpapers. 1988. Robjent. Signed by author and artist on the £225 Signed limited edition de luxe. Folio. limitation page. Full dark green morocco, Number 9 of 26 copies, of a total limitation foliate border and vignette of a snipe in 9. MORRIS, Rev. F.O. A HISTORY OF of 300, specially bound and boxed, with flight in gilt on both boards, raised bands BRITISH BIRDS Bell, 1870 an original signed watercolour by Rich- to the spine, gilt lettering and vignettes of Second edition, revised with seven extra ard Robjent. Signed by author and artist snipe in flight in the sections. Foliate gilt plates. Six volumes. Royal Octavo. All in on the limitation page. Full chestnut mo- dentelles and emerald green silk endpa- original green cloth with elaborate gilt rocco and vignette of nesting woodcock pers. All edges gilt. A signed and dated decoration to spine and gilt vignettes on in gilt on both boards, raised bands to the compliments card from Richard Robjent, upper cover. 365 beautiful hand colour- spine, gilt lettering and ivory silk endpa- a Richard Robjent publicity card and a ed plates after Benjamin Fawcett. A very pers. All edges gilt. A signed and dated note regarding the original sepia drawing good set indeed with cloth bright, hinge to compliments card from Richard Robjent, a loosely inserted. Housed in velvet lined one volume tender and occasional spots Richard Robjent publicity card and a note publisher’s clamshell box, green cloth of foxing. [35797] £1,200 regarding the original drawing loosely backed in dark green morocco with gilt inserted. Housed in velvet lined publish- designs to match the waugh and friends 10. JEKYLL, Gertrude SOME ENGLISH er’s clamshell box. Twenty four tipped book. Twenty four tipped in colour plates GARDENS After Drawings by George S. in colour plates by Richard Robjent plus by Richard Robjent, under captioned tis- Elgood Longmans, Green & Co., 1904. numerous sepia sketches throughout. An sue guards, plus numerous sepia sketches First edition. Folio. Publisher’s blue buck- unqualifiedly fine copy of a sumptuous throughout. An unqualifiedly fine copy of ram with gilt lettering and borders. Fifty production. [35685] £2,250 a sumptuous production. [35684] £2,250 colour plates after paintings by George Elgood, under captioned tissue guards. A

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very good copy, bright and crisp with just tler. A very good copy with spotting to the a trace of wear to the spine ends and cor- upper cover and browning to the paste- Angling ners. [35720] £450 downs in near fine dustwrapper. £225 An illustrated tour of 36 gardens attached to 15. HALFORD, Frederic M. DRY-FLY FISHING Sampson Low, 1889. great houses or castles throughout Britain. 13. THUDICHUM, J.L.W A Treatise on First edition, large paper issue deluxe, the Origin, Nature, and Varieties of Wine number 89 of 100 copies signed by the Being A Complete Manual of Viticulture author. Publisher’s full green morocco, and Oenology. Macmillan, 1872. Food & Drink with gilt ruled borders and lettering. Top First edition. Original publisher’s green edge gilt, others uncut. Twenty six plates 11. [WAUGH, Evelyn (Preface)] DE CHI- decorative cloth, titled in gilt with gilt mounted on card under tissue guards and MAY, Jacqueline THE LIFE AND TIMES vignette to upper cover. Top edge gilt. a number of text illustrations on India pa- OF MADAME VEUVE CLICQUOT-PON- Engraved frontispiece and one colour per. A very good copy with some fading SARDIN Printed for Champagne Veuve plate showing a Viticultural Map of the and light wear, usual offsetting to the tis- Clicquot-Ponsardin by the Curwen Press, Gironde, plus 85 engravings in the text. A sue guards. Internally fresh, a handsome 1961. near fine copy with just a trace of wear to copy of this lavish production. [35339] Special English edition. Slim 4to. Pat- the spine ends. [33074] £850 terned card wrappers in original glassine. £2,500 Black and white illustrations by Drian. 14. BEETON, Mrs Isabella Mrs Beeton’s A very good copy indeed, with Curwen 16. HALFORD, Frederic M. MAKING A Book of Household Management Ward FISHERY Horace Cox, 1895. Press Library bookplate to the front paste- Lock and Co. 1880. down. [35596] £45 First edition, large paper issue deluxe, Entirely new edition, revised and greatly number 11 of 150 copies signed by the au- enlarged. 8vo. Original quarter leather thor. Publisher’s full green morocco titled 12. WAUGH, Evelyn Wine in Peace and with gilt lettering and decoration. Twelve War in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Four colour plates. A handsome copy, in very mounted plates of diagrams, with further Saccone and Speed, 1947. good condition indeed. [34332] £250 First edition. White paper covered boards illustrations in the text. A very good copy, with design to upper cover by Rex Whis- heavily worn at the head of the spine with tler in plain paper dustwrapper. Two car- lighter wear to the joints and corners. In- £750 toon style colour drawings by Rex Whis- ternally excellent. [35343]

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17. HALFORD, Frederic M. AN AN- and decoration to the spine. Top edges deed, spine slight faded, trivial wear to GLER’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY With an In- gilt, others uncut. Volume one contains the corners, some stains to the fore-edge, troduction by William Senior Vinton & 45 plates, consisting of nine plates of flies internally fresh. [35340] £1,500 Co., 1903. (reproducing those in vol two), 18 colour First edition, large paper issue deluxe, charts and 18 mounted photogravures on 20. HALFORD, Frederic M. MODERN limited to 100 copies signed by the author. India paper. Further illustrations in the DEVELOPMENT OF THE DRY FLY The Publisher’s full green crushed morocco text. Volume two contains 33 actual tied New Dry Fly Patterns, The Manipulation with raised bands, gilt titles and piscato- flies, tied by Hardy Bros or C.Falrow’s, of Dressing Them and Practical Experi- rial vignettes to spine. Gilt ruled borders according to the author’s specific instruc- ences of Their Use George Routledge and and titles to covers. Top edge gilt, others tions, displayed in sunken compartments Sons, 1923. uncut. Author’s (ownership?) signature on nine heavy board mounts. A very good Second edition. Original brown cloth let- and date to half title. Forty-four plates, set indeed, with some spotting to the tered in gilt. Forty-four plates, consisting about half photographic and the other mounts in volume two but all flies in per- of nine colour plates of flies, 18 colour photogravure on India paper under tis- fect condition. [35341] £4,500 charts and 17 photogravures. Further il- sue guards. A very good copy with some lustrations in the text. A near fine copy. toning to the spine and minor wear to the 19. HALFORD, Frederic M. THE DRY- [35344] £200 corners. [35342] £3,000 FLY MAN’S HANDBOOK A Complete Manual including The Fisherman’s En- 21. THORPE, James; WALTON, Izaak 18. HALFORD, Frederic M. MODERN tomology and The Making and Manage- THE COMPLEAT ANGLER or the Con- DEVELOPMENT OF THE DRY FLY The ment of a Fishery George Routledge & Sons, templative Man’s Recreation: being a New Dry Fly Patterns, The Manipulation 1913. Discourse of Fish & Fishing Hodder and of Dressing Them and Practical Experi- First edition, large paper issue deluxe, Stoughton, [1911]. ences of Their Use George Routledge and number 65 of 100 copies signed by the au- First edition illustrated by James Thorpe. Sons, 1910. thor. Publisher’s half red calf over cloth 4to. Green cloth with gilt lettering and First edition, large paper issue deluxe, boards with gilt titles and decoration to the vignette. Pictorial endpapers. Twenty number 44 of 75 copies signed by the spine. Top edge gilt. Forty-four mount- five colour plates under captioned tissue author with a supplementary volume of ed plates under tissue guards, mostly on guards. A very good copy indeed, with tied flies. Two volumes, both bound in India paper, further illustrations and di- previous gift inscription to the front end- publisher’s half red calf with gilt titles agrams in the text. A very good copy in- paper. [34953] £350

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FAMILY ASSOCIATION COPY SIGNED BY RANJITSINHJI 26. WISDEN; CARINE, C. Stewart (ed.) 22. ROOPER, George THAMES AND 24. RANJITSINHJI, Prince K. S. THE JU- JOHN WISDEN’S CRICKETERS’ ALMA- TWEED by the author of Flood, Field and BILEE BOOK OF CRICKET Blackwood, NACK FOR 1931 John Wisden & Co., 1931. Forest Cassell, Petter and Galpin, [1870]. 1897. Original publisher’s yellow paper wrap- First edition. 8vo. 141 pp, plus catalogue First edition, large paper issue deluxe, pers printed in black. One black and white of adverts. Green cloth with gilt titles and number 147 of 350 copies signed by Ran- plate of portraits (including Don Brad- vignettes. Inscribed by the author to his jitsinhji and printed on handmade paper. man). A very good copy with some wear son, “Frank Rooper, August 1870, from his Original cream buckram, titles in gilt with and cracking to the paper on the spine. affect. Father, the author.” A very good a vignette of the England and Sussex [35034] £125 copy, save for some old Christmas stick- badges to the upper cover. Photogravure ers below the inscription on the half title. frontispiece of the author, 21 further pho- 27. WISDEN; CARINE, C. Stewart (ed.) [34765] £85 togravure plates and 85 full page photo- JOHN WISDEN’S CRICKETERS’ ALMA- graphic plates. A very good copy with NACK FOR 1932 John Wisden & Co., 1932. some foxing and general light soiling to Original publisher’s yellow paper wrap- Cricket the buckram covers. [35398] £600 pers printed in black. One black and white Ranjitsinhji’s magnum opus. plate of portraits. A very good copy with 23. DESBOROUGH, Lord (Editor) FIFTY some wear and cracking to the paper on YEARS OF SPORT At and Cam- 25. [WISDEN]; PARDON, Sidney H. (ed.) the spine. [35035] £125 bridge Walter Southwood & Co., 1913. JOHN WISDEN’S CRICKETERS’ ALMA- First edition. Two volumes. Quarto. NACK FOR 1916 John Wisden & Co. Ltd., 28. WISDEN; CARINE, C. Stewart (ed.) Bound in publisher’s half red morocco 1916. JOHN WISDEN’S CRICKETERS’ ALMA- over boards. Gilt titles to the spines. Pho- Original publisher’s paper wrappers. A NACK FOR 1933 John Wisden & Co., 1933. tographic illustrations and portraits. A fine copy, free from wear and remarkably Original publisher’s yellow wrappers. good set. Sturdy and complete, some gen- bright and crisp. An exceptional copy. Two black and white plates of portraits, eral wear to the exterior. [35678] £125 [34433] £1,500 including a single page portrait of Lord Sports covered include: Athletics, Cricket and The rarest Wisden of the twentieth century, Harris, to accompany his obituary. A very Rowing, Rackets, Tennis, Rugby, Football, containing the obituary of W.G. Grace. good copy indeed, with a single vertical Hockey, Golf, Steeplechasing, Hunting, Polo, split to the paper on the spine. Bat book- Cross-Country Running, Rifle Shooting. mark present and attached. [35036] £175

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A rare wartime issue, one of 4000 copies in lin- en, reporting on the disrupted 1941 season and a piece by R.C. Robinson- on Walter Hammond.

35. WISDEN; WHITAKER, Haddon (ed.) JOHN WISDEN’S CRICKETERS’ ALMA- NACK FOR 1943 J. Whitaker, 1943. Original publisher’s orange linen wrap- pers printed in black. Six page photo- graphic section. A very good copy, slight- ly dusty with minor wear to the edges. [35046] £200

36. WISDEN; PRESTON, Hubert (ed.) JOHN WISDEN’S CRICKETERS’ AL- MANACK FOR 1945 Sporting Handbooks, 1945. 29. WISDEN; SOUTHERTON, Sydney 32. WISDEN; WHITAKER, Haddon (ed.) Original publisher’s yellow wrappers J. (ed.) JOHN WISDEN’S CRICKETERS’ JOHN WISDEN’S CRICKETERS’ ALMA- printed in black. Eight page photographic ALMANACK FOR 1935 John Wisden & NACK FOR 1940 J. Whitaker, 1940. section. A superb fine copy.[35048] £200 Co., 1935. Original publisher’s yellow linen wrap- Original publisher’s yellow paper wrap- pers printed in black. Various photo- pers printed in black. One black and white graphic illustrations. A very good copy plate of portraits. A near fine copy with a with a little bubbling to the spine. [35043] little browning to the spine and minor £200 wear to the edges. Bat bookmark present and attached. [35038] £200 33. WISDEN; WHITAKER, Haddon (ed.) Three Original Arthur Mailey JOHN WISDEN’S CRICKETERS’ ALMA- 30. WISDEN; BROOKES, Wilfrid H. (ed.) NACK FOR 1941 J. Whitaker, 1941. Cricket Cartoon Sequences JOHN WISDEN’S CRICKETERS’ ALMA- Original publisher’s brown cloth lettered From The Collection of Henry NACK FOR 1936 John Wisden & Co., 1936. in gilt to upper cover and spine Small pho- Blofeld Original publisher’s yellow paper wrap- tographic section. A near fine copy with pers printed in black. One black and white oxidation to the lettering on the spine and Arthur Mailey (1886-1967) was a success- plate of portraits. A near fine copy with slight pushing at the head, but the cloth ful leg break bowler, taking 99 wickets the beginnings of a couple of surface splits unusually clean and bright. [35044] £950 from Australia in 21 tests between 1921 to the spine. Bat bookmark present and One of only 800 hardbacks produced. The rar- and 1929, however his lasting talent was attached. [35039] £200 est of the war years, which had reduced print runs to comply with paper shortages. as a cartoonist and he had a particular knack of caricaturing his team mates 31. WISDEN; BROOKES, Wilfrid H. (ed.) 34. WISDEN; WHITAKER, Haddon (ed.) and opponents, his ready wit creating a JOHN WISDEN’S CRICKETERS’ ALMA- JOHN WISDEN’S CRICKETERS’ ALMA- humorous narrative with a sequence of NACK FOR 1937 John Wisden & Co., 1937. NACK FOR 1942 J. Whitaker, 1942. cartoons. He drew for the Sydney Arrow, Original publisher’s yellow paper wrap- Original publisher’s light brown linen Bulletin and the Bystander as well pers printed in black. One black and white wrappers printed in black. Eight page as writing and illustrating a number of plate of portraits. A fine copy. [35040] books, most notably his account of the Bo- £250 photographic section. A superb near fine copy with just a trace of fading to the dyline series, And Then Came Larwood and spine. [35045] £375 his autobiography, 10 for 66 And All That. Although individual sketches appear oc- casionally complete cartoon sequences are rarely seen in commerce.

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38. MAILEY, Arthur I THOUGHT IT WAS TIME TO RETIRE 1930, 280x220mm. An original sequence of nine caricatures, in ink on paper, de- picting village cricketers batting, with the legend, “I didn’t mind bowling at the 37. MAILEY, Arthur THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS TOOK THEIR CLUBS AND station master or - the policeman - or the HAD A QUIET HIT AROUND KOOYONGA GOLF LINKS LAST SUNDAY [1929], butcher’s boy - or the butcher - or the par- 365x295mm. An original sequence of seven cartoons, in ink on paper, depicting havoc son - or the publican - or Giles the farm- being wrought by the England team at Kooyonga Golf Club during the rest day of the er - but when the local quoits champion Adelaide test of 1928/9. Mounted, framed and glazed. [35812] £3,250 hit me into the next county - I thought PROVENANCE: Charles Philip Mead (1887-1958, Hampshire and England cricketer and member of the 1928-29 team, received from the artist); Henry Blofeld (Cricket broadcaster and journalist, it was time to retire.” Signed and dated signed on back of frame). “Hillington 1930”. Mounted, framed and glazed. [35814] £2,250 PROVENANCE: Archie and Ruth Scott (who entertained Mailey and the 1930 Australians at Hillington Hall, Norfolk, received from the artist); Henry Blofeld (signed on back of frame with a description of the provenance).

39. MAILEY, Arthur BRISBANE TEST MATCH OF 1928 1928, 395x290mm. An original sequence of six cartoons, in ink on paper, depicting the scenes from the final day of the first test at Brisbane in 1928: the England team cheerful at the overnight rain, the Austral- ians glum, the final scene being a proces- sion of Australian batsmen as they where dismissed in quick succession. [35813] £3,250 The Brisbane Test of 1928 saw England unitise the best of the conditions to build a large first innings lead only for the heavy overnight rain to produce an unplayable sticky wicket, which saw Australia quickly bowled out for a paltry 66 to loose by 675 runs. Don Bradman, pictured here amongst the procession of dismissed bats- men, playing in his first test, made 18 and 1 and was dropped for the next test. PROVENANCE: Charles Philip Mead (1887- 1958, Hampshire and England cricketer and member of the 1928-29 team, received from the artist); Henry Blofeld

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40. ATCHISON, George T.; BROWN, Geoffrey C. THE HISTORY OF THE Heffer & Sons Ltd., 1930. 44. COOK, Theodore A. ROWING AT CHRIST’S COLLEGE BOAT CLUB W.P. First edition. 8vo. Black cloth, white paper HENLEY OUP, 1919. Spalding, 1922. title label lettered in black on the spine. First edition. 8vo. Blue cloth, lettered in First edition. Blue cloth lettered in gilt. In- Sixteen black and white photographic il- gilt on the spine, and gilt vignette of Isis scribed on the front free endpaper to B.C. lustrations. A very good copy, previous and Thamesis to the upper cover. Two Johnston from Atchison’s brother Arthur owner’s inscription to the front free end- photographic illustrations and two dia- “In mem. G.T.A.”. With an ALS from Ar- paper and a neat inked annotation to the grams plus a cinematograph of a rowing thur Atchison to Johnston explaining that title page. [35511] £60 stroke, housed in the rear pocket. Lacking the book is a gift, loosely laid in. Black the fold out map of the Regatta course. A and white photographic illustrations, plus 43. BYRNE, L.S.R. (Ed) THE ETON very good copy, spine sunned as usual. charts. A very good copy, a little mottling BOATING BOOK 1816 - 1932, Revised, [35540] £95 to the cloth. [35519] £60 Enlarged and Brought Down to the Year 1932 by the Eton Vikings Club Eton, Spot- 45. DRINKWATER, G.C. and SANDERS, 41. [Badminton Library Series] tiswoode, Ballantyne & Co., 1933. T.R.B. THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE ROWE, R.P.P; PITMAN, C.M.; SQUIRE, Subscribers’ edition, numbered 8. Large Official Centenary History 1829 - 1929 P.W. ROWING AND PUNTING and oth- 8vo. Original brown cloth, lettered in gilt Cassell, 1929. er writers. The Badminton Library Series. on the spine. Top edge gilt. Two letters First edition, commemorative issue, limit- Longmans, Green, & Co., 1903. from Eton House master, Sir Eugen Mil- ed to 600 copies of which this is number Second edition. 8vo. Brown pictorial cloth lington-Drake to E.L. (‘Jelly’) Churchill 391. Large 4to. Full white buckram with with gilt titles on the spine. Many photo- loosely laid in. E.L. Churchill’s copy with gilt vignettes and top edge gilt. Photo- graphs and etchings. A very good copy his name to the title page and annotations graphic frontispiece, 19 other black and indeed. [34569] £120 by him throughout. Four black and white white plates and fold out map of the illustrations from photographs and fold course at the rear. A very good copy in- 42. BOND, Henry A HISTORY OF THE out maps at the rear, including one of deed, spine a little dusty. [35503] £125 With a Pref- Henley Regatta course. A very good copy, ace by The Hon. Mr. Justice Maugham W. fraying to the rear hinge. [35749] £150

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Other Contemporary and Authentic Re- 51. PROTHERO. F.E.; CLARK, W.A. [Eds] cords; With Maps of the Racing Courses, A NEW OARSMAN’S GUIDE To the Riv- Index of Names, and an Introduction on ers and Canals of Great Britain and Ire- Rowing and its Value as an Art and Recre- land. Cruising Club Manual. George Philip ation Deighton, Bell, and Co., 1870. & Son, 1896. First edition. 12mo. Blue cloth, decorated First edition. 12mo. Original cream cloth, with black bands and a gilt vignette of a lettered and decorated in gilt, blind rowing eight on the upper cover, lettered stamped rope design on the upper cover. in gilt on the spine. Three fold out maps, All edges red. Fold out map in the rear plus two other maps. A very good copy, pocket. A very good copy, spine tanned some rubbing to the spine ends and cor- and cream cloth inevitably dusty. Book ners. [35515] £225 plate on the front pastedown. [35532] £25

49. FORSTER, R. H.; HARRIS, W. THE 52. ROUSE BALL, W[alter] W[illiam] A HISTORY OF THE LADY MARGARET HISTORY OF THE FIRST TRINITY BOAT BOAT CLUB St. John’s College, Cam- CLUB Bowes & Bowes, 1908. bridge 1825 - 1890. With Vol II 1926 - 1956 First edition 12mo. Tan cloth lettered in by J.F. Hall-Craggs Deighton, Bell & Co.; black. Nine black and white illustrations, 46. BRITTAIN, F.; PLAYFORD, H.B THE The Johnian Society, 1890, 1957. including two maps of the racing course JESUS COLLEGE BOAT CLUB Introduc- First editions. 8vo. Two volumes in scar- on The Cam. A very good copy indeed, tion by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch Heffer & let cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and spine slightly darkened. [35524] £150 Son, 1928. with armorial vignettes in gilt on the up- First edition. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt titles. per covers. Sixteen black and white photo- 53. SCOTT, H. CLAUGHTON THE HIS- Map endpapers. Frontis portrait of Steve graphic illustrations to volume II. A near TORY OF THE CAIUS COLLEGE BOAT Fairbairn, plus numerous black and white fine set, vol. II spine gilt dulled, but gener- CLUB 1827 - 1927 CUP, 1927. reproductions showing crews and river ally clean and bright. [35512] £125 First edition. Black cloth, blue title label scenes. A very good copy. [35505] £95 on the spine lettered in gilt and with gilt 50. MAGDALENE COLLEGE ASSOCIA- lettering and armorial crest on the up- 47. DRINKWATER, G.C. THE BOAT TION THE MAGDALENE BOAT CLUB per cover. Centenary Dinner 1927 leaflet RACE Blackie & Son Ltd., 1939. 1828 -1928 A Short History with a List of loosely laid in. Seventeen black and white First edition. Small 8vo. Peach cloth in Crews and Appendices Magdalene College photographic illustrations. A very good decorative dustwrapper. Pictorial map Association at the University Press, Cam- copy, occasional slight spotting and cor- endpapers, showing the race course from bridge, 1930. ners lightly bumped. [35518] £40 Putney to Mortlake. A very good copy, First edition. Black cloth lettered in gilt in a very good, price clipped, dustwrap- with Magdalene’s armorial crest in gilt 54. WILLIAMS, J.G.P. ; SCOTT, A.C. [Eds] per, nicks to the corners and spine ends. on the upper cover. Two black and white ROWING A Scientific Approach. Kaye & [35533] £25 photographs showing the 1876 and 1908 Ward Ltd., 1967. crews, plus a fold out chart at the rear. A First edition. Blue boards lettered in gilt, 48. MACMICHAEL, W.F. THE OXFORD very good copy indeed, ownership name in decorative dustwrapper. Eight black AND BOAT RACES A to the front free endpaper and occasion- and white photographic illustrations, 46 Chronicle of the Contests on the Thames al light spotting, but cloth clean and gilt diagrams and 9 tables. A fine copy in a in which University Crews have Borne a bright. [35516] £45 very good dustwrapper, some scuffing to Part, From A.D. 1829 to A.D. 1896. Com- the edges. [35517] £60 piled from the University Club Books and

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63 First edition. Small 8vo. Green ribbed A near fine copy with some dulling to the The River Thames cloth with gilt lettering and vignette. gilt on the spine, but otherwise a bright, Twelve coloured lithographs of Thames crisp copy. [34963] £225 55. ASHBY-STERRY, Joseph THE LAZY scenes, plus a printed black and white “The writer starts on his imaginary voyage MINSTREL T. Fisher Unwin, 1886. map. A very good copy, spine faded as from Battersea, and, as he conducts us up the Second edition. 12mo. Original blue cloth usual. [34591] £175 river, gossips pleasantly and not uninstructive- with bevelled edges, lettered in gilt. Top Cohen p.119 ly about the villages and towns which we pass edge gilt. A very good copy, gilt dulled. on either side of the river” [Review, Spectator 21 Feb. 1880] Loosely inserted is a postcard with a pho- 58. LEYLAND, Eric DISCOVERY ON to of The White Hart Hotel, Sonning-on- THE THAMES University of London Press, 60. ANON. THE ROYAL RIVER The Thames, now called The Great House at 1950. Thames from Source to Sea Cassell, [1885]. Sonning, and the poems Lays of a Lazy First edition. 8vo. In original dustwrap- First edition. Folio. Pictorial blue cloth il- Minstrel by Ashby-Sterry. [34947] £35 per. Colour frontispiece depicting Henley lustrated in green and gilt with gilt letter- and line drawings by Leslie Atkinson. In ing. All edges gilt. Engraved frontispiece 56. ANON HENLEY, A POEM Printed by very good condition. The dustwrapper is and numerous black and white illustra- Hickman and Stapleton, 1827. price clipped and has a sticker on the up- tions throughout and with full page map First Edition. 8vo. Printed yellow card per cover. [34602] £125 of the river. A near fine copy, which is covers. A good copy, spine worn and lack- Uncommon piece of Thames fiction from this ing folding frontis, although a photocopy very prolific mystery writer. bright and crisp with the front hinge start- of the frontis is present. [34592] £250 ing to crack and an owner’s label to the Rare. The author is not named although a con- 59. ADAMS, W. H Davenport WIND- front endpaper. Some foxing to the pre- temporary review in the Literary Gazette puts SOR CASTLE AND THE WATER-WAY liminaries but generally clean internally. forward a case for the author being a Mr Rich- THITHER Marcus Ward & Co., 1880. A handsome copy. [34965] £275 ardson. First edition. 4to. Pictorial red cloth, with PROVENANCE: From the library of John and bevelled edges, lettered and decorated in 61. ANON RIVERS OF GREAT BRITAIN: Myfanwy Piper, book plate on inside cover. black and gilt. All edge gilt. Twelve tipped THE THAMES FROM THE SOURCE TO THE SEA Cassell, 1891. 57. ADAMS, W. H Davenport THE RIV- in chromolithographs after watercolours First edition thus. Large 4to. Green cloth ER THAMES FROM OXFORD TO THE by F. Jones, plus seventy four engraved with gilt titles and gilt and black embossed SEA Nelson, 1859. illustrations in the text by R.T. Pritchett. decoration. Bevelled edges and page edg-

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es gilt. Many illustrations in black and 63. BOYDELL, John & Josiah (publish- DELUXE ISSUE ON INDIA PAPER white. An excellent copy. [34571] £275 ers) [COMBE, William] AN HISTORY 64. COOKE, W.B. & George VIEWS ON OF THE RIVER THAMES W. Bulmer for THE THAMES With 62. BINNELL, Robert A DESCRIPTION Boydell, 1794-1796. COOKE, W.B. & George DESCRIPTIONS OF THE RIVER THAMES, &c. Printed for First edition, earliest state with two title OF VIEWS ON THE THAMES W.B. Cooke, T. Longmans in Paster-noster-Row, 1758. pages and aquatint wash borders. Two [1822]. First edition. 8vo. Contemporary half volumes. Folio (415x315mm). Contem- Together two volumes. The Views the polished tree calf over marbled boards, porary tree calf with gilt ruled and orna- deluxe large paper issue with mounted red leather title label lettered in gilt, gilt mented borders to covers, morocco title plates printed on India paper. Folio (370 rules to the spine. Without the eight illus- and volume labels and gilt bands to spine x 265mm). Half contemporary green mo- trations sometimes found with this title. with gilt vignettes to spine compartments. rocco over morocco grained cloth boards A very good copy, boards showing shelf Marbled endpapers and speckled edges. with marbled end papers. All edges wear and some loss of colour, occasional Dedication to George III and the Earl of gilt. The Description, octavo, separately browning internally and rear endpaper Oxford Seventy-six hand coloured aqua- bound in contemporary half red morocco. ragged. [34630] £500 tint plates with aquatint wash borders Seventy-five steel engraved plates printed The Spectator 19 August 1893 wrote “Perhaps by J.C. Stadler after J. Farington three of on India paper in the volume of views. the best description of the value and variety which are double page, fold out engraved Very good copies, minor wear to corners, of the ancient Thames fishery is that given by map in two sections (at the start of each internally fresh. [34607] £1,200 Robert Binnell, Water Bailiff of the City in 1757. volume). A very good set with repairs to This work builds on Cooke’s 1811 work on the His quaint work ... is well worth perusal.” joints and hinges reinforced for both vol- Thames. umes. Spine a little worn with “The ‘de-luxe’ edition, with illustrations on India paper, was clearly intended to supplant a chip from the volume label the older, standard work on Thames scenery, of vol II. Internally, very fresh Boydell’s History of the Thames.” - Adams with just occasional gather- Cohen p.134, Adams 139 ings heavily foxed, but the plates with notably bright, clear impressions. [34554] £7,500 One of the grandest and most im- portant books on the Thames. “although not the first coloured aquatint book, [it] was the first major one, and it was to set an example for the type of illustra- tion that was to enjoy widespread popularity in England for some forty years” - Bruntjen (John Boydell 1719-1804) Tooley (English Books with Coloured Plates 1790 to 1860) mentions that the “early impres- sions within aquatint borders [as here] are infinitely superior to the later pulls.” Includes views of Henley, Culham Court, Fawley Court, Park Place, Blenheim, Oxford, Windsor and Eton, Hampton Court and Lon- don.

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65. HALL, Mr. & Mrs. S.C., THE BOOK light blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine A book of Thames poetry, poems are: Henley; OF THE THAMES Bennett, 1867. and upper cover. Sixty tipped in colour The Thames and Floreat Eton. New edition, the first with original pho- plates after watercolours by Ernest Hasle- tographs. Original blue cloth, elaborately hust. Eight chapter headings in line A 70. MITTON, G.E. THE THAMES Paint- decorated in gilt with round photograph- very good copy indeed, which is unusu- ed by Mortimer Menpes and Text by G.E. ic onlay to upper cover. All edges gilt. ally bright and crisp with just a small dent Mitton A & C Black, 1906. Fifteen plates of original mounted pho- to the rear joint. Internally fresh, with First edition. 8vo. Slate blue pictorial tographs by Francis Frith. One hundred minute corner creases to some plates. A cloth, lettered in gilt, and with decora- and forty woodcuts in the text. A very well preserved example of a book seldom tion in white, blue and green, depicting good copy, neatly rebacked, cloth and gilt found in nice condition. [34568] £300 Thames scenes and elegant white swans. a little dulled and rubbed. [34800] £375 Top edge gilt. Fifty-five full page colour 68. LEYLAND, John THE THAMES IL- illustrations by Menpes, twenty colour 66. HARPER, Charles G. THAMES VAL- LUSTRATED A Picturesque Journey from chapter headings, plus a fold out map to LEY VILLAGES Chapman & Hall, 1910. Richmond to Oxford Newnes, [1898]. the rear. A very good copy, crease to the First edition. Two volumes. Original Twelve issues, in original parts. Pictori- base of the spine and small patch of colour green pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt on the al paper wrappers, each illustrated with loss to the upper cover. Previous owner’s spine and in black on the upper cover. Top many black and white photographs, in- name to the front blank. [34806] £150 edge gilt. Sixty one black and white pho- cluding four full page views of Henley, tographic illustrations in vol.1, Sixty five as well as numerous smaller ones. A very 71. MURRAY John Fisher A PICTUR- black and white photographic illustra- good copy. [34594] £250 ESQUE TOUR OF THE RIVER THAMES tions in vol.2, plus numerous line draw- IN ITS WESTERN COURSE Including ings in the text. A very good set, spines a 69. McNAUGHTON-JONES, H. THE Particular Descriptions of Richmond, little dusty and rubbed at the ends. Own- THAMES From “A Piece of Delf and other Windsor and Hampton Court Henry G. 1845. er’s name and date stamp on the front Poems” Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Bohn, pastedown of vol. 1. [34623] £125 [c1909]. First edition. 8vo. Full tan polished calf, First edition. 8vo. Green cloth lettered in green leather title label lettered in gilt, gilt 67. JERROLD, Walter; HASLEHUST, Er- gilt and photographic onlay to the upper embellishment to the spine and gilt rules nest W. (illus.) THE SILVERY THAMES cover. Inscribed on the front endpaper by to the boards. Marbled endpapers and all Alf Cooke, 1906. the author. A very good copy indeed. edges marbled. Seven full page engrav- First edition. Oblong quarto. Original [34577] £150 ings, one hundred highly finished wood

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engravings in the text, by Orrin Smith, 74. POPE, E.B. HISTORY OF WAR- 76. SALTER, J.H. THE RIVER THAMES: Branston, Landells and other eminent art- GRAVE Printed for Subscribers only by Wm. A GUIDE TO THE RIVER AND THE ists. Four maps. A near fine copy, slight Carling & Co. 1929. PRINCIPAL PLACES ON THE BANKS abrasion to the rear panel and with a little First (sole) edition. 4to. White buckram From its Source to Wandsworth John Salt- shelf wear, but a handsome example of an lettered in gilt. Numbered and signed by er, [c1882]. uncommon item. [34826] £300 the author, this being copy number 6 of First edition. 12mo. Navy blue cloth, var- 100. Illustrated with photographs of lo- iant binding, lettered in gilt on the upper 72. [PEEPSHOW] THE THAMES TUN- cal houses and public buildings, as well cover and with an advertisement stamped NEL [c.1847]. as coats of arms printed in colour. A very in black on the rear cover. Two fold out Concertina peepshow, comprising of good copy indeed, cloth a little dusty. maps and numerous photographic illus- five hand coloured lithographed panels, [34570] £350 trations. A very good copy [34872] £250 showing both the two tunnel channels of the tunnel below ground and the Thames TAUNT ‘S PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM with ships and bridges above. The panels 77. TAUNT, Henry W. THAMES SCEN- are joined at the sides by paper ‘bellows’ ERY [c.1900]. and it is all housed in a card box with a Album of 47 original photographs. Ob- further chromolithograph of the entrance 75. ROBERTSON, H.R. LIFE ON THE long 4to. Half brown morocco, lettered in to the tunnel on the upper cover with UPPER THAMES Virtue, Spalding & Co., gilt, over marbled boards. Marbled end- three peep holes one looking down each of 1875. papers. Printed pictorial title page, signed the tunnels and one taking in the scenery First edition. 4to. Blue cloth, with bevelled by Taunt to the lower right corner. A little above the water. 155 x 190 x 350mm when edges, lettered and decorated in gilt, all wear to the corners and spine ends, but extended. Upper cover a little dusty, with edges gilt. Thirty six full page etchings, the album generally in very good condi- splits to the corners of the box and a neat plus many more in the text, engraved by tion. Internally excellent with photos still repair to one of the bellows. Internally W.J. Palmer, from drawings on wood by vibrant. [34782] £3,000 the panels are fresh and clean. A well pre- H.R. Robertson. A very good copy indeed, Henry Taunt, born and bred in Oxford, set up served example of a scarce Thames peep- bright and crisp. Some foxing to contents. his photographic business in 1868 which ran show. [34772] £950 [34766] £300 until his death at the age of 80 in 1922. During One of a number of novelty souvenirs com- Uncommon. that time his firm took more than 60,000 photo- memorating the completion of Brunel’s monu- graphs, creating an unrivalled record of Victori- mental Thames tunnel, connecting Rotherhithe an and Edwardian Oxford and and and Wapping, finished in 1843. Due to their the River Thames from source to sea. ephemeral nature, they are now uncommon in nice condition. This particular example is par- ticularly unusual in that it has viewing holes both above and below the water level.

73. ASK, Arthur T. FROM LOCK TO LOCK A Playful Guide to the Thames from Teddington to Oxford “Judy” Office, [1882]. First edition. Judy Shilling’s Book series. 8vo. Pictorial wrappers in facsimile. Il- lustrated in black and white cartoon style illustrations throughout. A good example of an uncommon item. [34945] £65

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78. THACKER, Fred S. THE STRIPLING roon moire cloth, paper title label to THAMES A Book of the River above Ox- the spine. A very good copy, spine top Travel ford Fred S. Thacker, 1909. chipped. [34924] £150 First edition. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt 83. CALVERT, A.F. SOUTHERN SPAIN lettering. Signed on the half title by the 81. WAY, Thomas R. ; BELL, Walter G. Painted by Trevor Haddon and Described author. Photographic illustrations. A very THE THAMES From Chelsea to the Nore. by AF Calvert. A & C Black, 1908. good copy, snag to upper joint and a trifle John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1907. First edition. 8vo. Dark red pictorial cloth, dusty. [34667] £150 First edition. Signed limited edition, num- lettered in gilt, with a design printed in ber 2 of 310 copies initialled TRW by the orange and yellow. Top edge gilt. Seventy 79. [THAMES] TAUNT’S MAP AND artist. 4to. Turquoise blue cloth, lettered five colour plates under captioned tissue GUIDE TO THE THAMES From and elaborately decorated in gilt on the guards, plus map at rear. The plate to page to London. New Pocket Edition Taunt, spine and upper cover. Top edge gilt. 114 has a tiny abrasion other plates per- [c1878]. Thirty lithographs, by Way, under cap- fect. This is a near fine copy of one of the Fourth edition. 12mo. Original green tioned tissue guards, many of which have rarest of the 20/- series. The book is bright cloth with lettering in gilt. Frontispiece of a tinted wash, and five of which are in col- and tidy with beautiful illustrations, end- Taunt’s new shop at 9 and 10 Broad Street. our on tipped in plates. A near fine copy, papers a little browned and some light Fold out map of the Thames from Oxford gilt bright and gleaming with slightest of spotting. [34839] £175 to London and 24 sectional maps. Guide rubbing to the corners and spine ends. Mi- giving information to the tourist, oarsman nor spotting to the preliminaries and page 84. CLARIDGE, G. Cyril WILD BUSH and angler. A very good copy indeed. edges. [34608] £350 TRIBES OF TROPICAL AFRICA Service & [34768] £150 Co. Ltd., 1922. 82. WILLIAMS, Alfred FOLK SONGS OF First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth, let- 80. [WALTON, A.G.] A TOUR ON THE THE UPPER THAMES Duckworth, 1923. tered in black on the spine and with a BANKS OF THE THAMES FROM LON- First edition. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt ti- gilt vignette and rules to the upper cover. DON TO OXFORD In the Autumn of tles. In very good condition. [34662] £45 Thirty three black and white photograph- 1829, By a Pedestrian Printed for the Author ic images, two pages of sketches and one by T. W. Hord, 1834. fold-out map. A very good copy indeed, First [sole] edition. 12mo. Original ma- spine sunned and foxed throughout. [34976] £75

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85. DOUGLAS, Norman SIREN LAND 87. HEATON COOPER, Alfred THE C Black, 1908. Dent/ Dutton, [1911]. ENGLISH LAKES Painted by A. Heaton First edition. 8vo. Brown pictorial cloth, First edition. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt ti- Cooper, Described by W. T. Palmer A & C lettered in gilt, with a floral design print- tles on the spine and black decoration to Black, 1908. ed in gilt, green and white. Top edge gilt. the upper cover. Frontispiece and twen- Second edition. 8vo. Blue pictorial cloth Seventy one colour illustrations, under ty five further illustrations. A very good with decoration in green, orange and captioned tissue guards, fold out map at copy, gift inscription to the front free end- white. Lettering in gilt on the spine, in the rear. A very good copy, with sporadic paper and light wear to the spine ends. green on the upper cover. Seventy-five foxing. [35129] £75 [35266] £300 colour plates under captioned tissue A total print run of 1500, of which almost 900 guards. Map to the rear. A very good copy, 90. JUNGMAN, Beatrix HOLLAND Il- were pulped in 1919. a few pages carelessly opened leaving a lustrations by Nico Jungman, Text by Bea- couple of ragged margins, around page trix Jungman A & C Black, 1904. 86. GOFF, Clarissa FLORENCE AND 170-175. [35128] £45 First edition. 8vo. Blue pictorial cloth, let- SOME TUSCAN CITIES Painted by Colo- tered in gilt, and with decoration in gilt, nel R. C. Goff, Described by Clarissa Goff SIGNED BY HILLARY yellow and green. Top edge gilt. Seventy A & C Black, [1905]. 88. HILLARY, Edmund HIGH ADVEN- five colour illustrations under captioned First edition. 8vo. Red pictorial cloth, let- TURE Hodder & Stoughton, 1955. tissue guards. A near fine copy, slight fox- tered in gilt, with a design in light brown, First edition. 8vo. Original cloth in pic- ing to preliminaries. [35521] £90 black and white, in original printed dust- torial dustwrapper. Signed by Hillary on wrapper. Top edge gilt. Seventy-five col- the title page. Seventeen plates showing 100. MATHEW, Frank IRELAND Painted our illustrations reproduced from wa- 59 photographic illustrations and several by Francis S. Walker A & C Black, 1905. ter-colours by Colonel R.C. Goff, all with line drawings and diagrams in the text. A First edition. 8vo. Green pictorial cloth, captioned tissue guards. A very good near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. lettered in gilt, decorated with green copy indeed, some foxing to the contents. [35025] £750 shamrocks and a gilt harp. Top edge gilt. A handsome book. [35649] £95 Hillary’s account of his 1953 climb to the sum- Seventy nine colour plates, under cap- A visual and literary portrait of the Tuscan cit- mit of Mount Everest. tioned tissue guards, by Francis Walker. A ies of Florence, Pisa and Lucca, as well as the near fine copy, bright and attractive with seaside town of Viareggio and a look at some of 89. HOME, Gordon YORKSHIRE Paint- the Tuscan customs. occasional spotting and contemporary gift ed and Described by Gordon Home. A & inscription on the title page. [34480] £250

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103. RIVINGTON HOLMES, Sir Richard WINDSOR Painted by George M. Henton A & C Black, 1908. First edition 8vo. Red cloth with gilt lettering and vignettes. Top edge gilt. Twenty full colour illustrations, under captioned tissue guards, by George Hen- ton. A very good copy indeed, with bright unfaded cloth, some foxing throughout. [34843] £75

104. SHACKLETON, E.H. THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907 - 1909. Heinemann, 1909 First edition. Two volumes. 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and silver lettering and illustration to the upper 101. MONCRIEFF, A.R. Hope ESSEX cover. Top edges gilt. Photogravure fron- Painted by L. Burleigh Bruhl, Described tispieces to each volume; twelve colour Porcelain by A.R. Hope Moncrieff A & C Black, 1909. plates after paintings by George Marston, 106. [CHINESE PORCELAIN] TALBOT, First edition. 8vo. Brown pictorial cloth, all with captioned tissue guards; four Star THE MARVELLOUS BOOK An Al- lettered in gilt, with a design printed in double-page photographic plates, 271 bum. Containing One Hundred Studies of red, yellow and white. Top edge gilt. Sev- photographic illustrations on 195 plates; Famous Chinese Porcelains reproduced in enty five colour illustrations, under cap- diagrams, maps, plans & graphs in the Full Colours, Complete with Descriptive tioned tissue guards, by L. Burleigh Bruhl. text, including nine full-page. Also three and Historical Notes in English, French, Folding sketch map to the rear. A very folding maps and one folding plate con- German, Japanese, Spanish, Italian and good copy, spotting to the page edges, taining two panoramic views in end-pock- Chinese. S. Talbot & Sons, 1930. covers bright. [34627] £95 et of vol. II. A very good set indeed, with First edition, limited to 1000 copies. Large light fading to the spines with the silver 4to. Original green silk covered boards ti- 102. PORTER, Robert Ker TRAVELLING blocking generally bright, but with a little SKETCHES IN RUSSIA AND SWEDEN tled and decorated in gilt. Housed in pub- rubbing on Vol. II. A little foxing to the lisher’s original plain card box. Illustrated During The Years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808. edges, but pages generally very clean. An Richard Phillips 1809. title page and 102 exquisite colour plates uncommonly well preserved set of this depicting Chinese porcelain, on coated First edition. Contemporary half russia ground breaking work. [35793] £1,650 over linen boards, gilt titles to spines, paper under captioned tissue guards. A marbled endpapers with the label of a fine copy, with the fragile silk binding free 105. SHORE, Teignmouth KENT By from wear or repair, in original box with Moscow bookshop. All edges yellow. Teignmouth Shore and Painted by W. Bis- Folding hand-coloured aquatint fron- a couple of splits to the edges. An excep- combe Gardner A & C Black, 1907. £5,000 tispieces to each volume, 26 further tional copy. [34487] First edition. 8vo. Green pictorial cloth, A scarce and well regarded work on Chinese hand-coloured aquatint plates of national lettered in gilt, with a hop design print- Porcelain covering the Ming-Qing dynasties costume, twelve aquatint plates of scenes ed in green. Top edge gilt. Seventy three (1368-1912). (one folding) and one engraved portrait. colour plates under captioned tissue A very good set, with a little wear to the guards. Fold out map to the rear. A very spine ends and corners. Light foxing, but good copy, sporadic foxing throughout contents generally clean. [34636] £1,500 and a crack between a couple of sections. [34444] £85

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Keith Leaske Gresham Publishing Co., full tan morocco by the Lehmann Bindery, Literature [1900]. raised bands to the spine with gilt letter- First deluxe edition with Hammond’s ing and gilt floral decorations to the sec- 107. AUSTEN, Jane SENSE AND SENSI- illustrations. 8vo. Quarter bound in ma- tions. Gilt rules and floral bosses to the BILITY George Allen, 1899 roon leather over buckram boards. Gilt boards. Turn ins with Greek key design First Chris Hammond illustrated edition. lettering and style decora- in gilt. Binding in fine condition, hint of 8vo. Green cloth, with extensive gilt let- tion designed by Talwin Morris on the rubbing to lower rear corner. Internally tering and embellishments. All edges gilt. spine. Six black and white illustrations by generally clean and fresh, with occasional Illustrated throughout with line drawings Christine Hammond. A very good copy light spotting. [35738] £950 by Chris Hammond. A near fine copy, indeed. A handsome presentation of this spine gilt lightly dulled and previous classic tale. [34601] £500 112. BRONTE, Charlotte JANE EYRE ownership inscription on the half titles, Gresham Publishing Co., [1899]. but overall a very attractive copy. [33489] 110. AUSTEN, Jane; THOMSON, Hugh First edition with Bacon’s illustrations. £650 MANSFIELD PARK Macmillan & Co., 8vo. Burgundy faux leather spine with 1898. Art Nouveau style decoration by Talwin 108. AUSTEN, Jane; THOMSON, Hugh Second Hugh Thomson edition. 8vo. Red Morris embossed in gilt. Plain buckram PRIDE AND PREJUDICE George Allen, cloth elaborately decorated and lettered in boards. Black and white illustrations by 1895. gilt. All edges gilt. Yellow peacock design John Bacon. A very good copy. [35632] Second impression with Hugh Thomson endpapers. Illustrated in line throughout £175 illustrations. 8vo. Green cloth with elabo- by Hugh Thomson. A very good copy, rate peacock design embossed in gilt. All spine gilt dulled. [35763] £120 113. BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett THE edges gilt. Line drawings throughout by SERAPHIM AND OTHER POEMS Saun- Hugh Thomson. A lovely bright copy, in 111. [BRONTE, Emily] BELL, Ellis; ders and Otley, 1838. very good condition indeed, ownership [BRONTE, Anne] BELL, Acton WUTHER- First edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth inscription on the half title and light spot- ING HEIGHTS and AGNES GREY With a with gilt titles and blind stamped decora- ting to the extremities. [35758] £850 Preface and Memoir of Both Authors By tion. In very good condition indeed, spine Currer Bell [Charlotte Bronte]. Smith, Elder lightly faded and small mark to the low- 109. AUSTEN, Jane PRIDE AND PREJ- and Co, 1858. er edge. Housed in custom made quarter UDICE With an Introduction by William Third edition. 8vo. Finely bound in recent leather box and chemise. [34597] £500

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114. BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett PO- umes. Finely bound by Bayntun in recent With an Introduction by William Keith EMS BEFORE CONGRESS Chapman & full red morocco, with raised bands, gilt Leask Gresham Publishing Co., [1899]. Hall, 1860. borders to covers and titles to spine. Gilt Handsome edition with Talwin Mor- First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth let- cartouche depicting Dickens in an oval ris binding. 8vo. Burgundy faux leather tered in gilt and decoration stamped in frame to the upper cover and his signature spine with Art Nouveau style decoration blind. A very good copy, small ink stain to embossed in gilt to the lower cover to each by Talwin Morris embossed in gilt. Plain the upper cover and with a little rubbing volume. All edges gilt. Twenty-four steel buckram boards. Black and white illus- to the corners. Occasional annotations in engraved plates by George Cruikshank. trations by William Rainey. A very good pencil to the margins. Housed in custom Repaired chip to half title of volume I and copy, light wear to the spine ends. [35683] made quarter leather box and chemise. a marginal, short, closed tear to a cou- £45 [34679] £250 ple of plates, otherwise a clean copy in a handsome binding. [34534] £2,500 119. DICKENS, Charles; REYNOLDS, 115. BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett Frank THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP Hod- LAST POEMS Chapman and Hall, 1862. 117. DICKENS, Charles THE LIFE AND der & Stoughton, [1913]. First edition. 8vo. Original purple cloth ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLE- First edition with Reynolds’ illustrations, with gilt titles and blind stamped deco- WIT Chapman & Hall, 1844. variant binding with yellow lettering on ration. A fine bright example, clean and First edition. Finely bound by Bayntun in the upper cover. Red cloth with lettering crisp with minimal spine toning. Housed recent full red morocco, with raised bands, in gilt on the spine. Silhouette vignette in custom made quarter leather box and gilt borders to covers and titles to spine. in black on the upper cover. Twenty one chemise. [34583] £400 Gilt cartouche depicting Dickens in an mounted colour illustrations, all perfect oval frame to the upper cover and his sig- under captioned tissue guards. A very 116. DICKENS, Charles OLIVER TWIST nature embossed in gilt to the lower cover. good copy, 1916 gift inscription on the or the Parish Boy’s Progress by “Boz.” All edges gilt. Thirty-nine full page steel front endpaper. [35761] £150 Bentley, 1838. engravings by ‘Phiz’. Occasional light fox- First edition, mixed state with author list- ing to plates, but a fine, clean copy in a 120. DICKENS, Charles; THOMSON, ed as Boz on the title page of volume one handsome binding. [34540] £950 Hugh THE CHIMES Hodder & Stoughton, and Charles Dickens on volumes two and [1913]. three. The final plate in vol. III in the lat- 118. DICKENS, Charles THE PERSON- First edition illustrated by Thomson. 8vo. er state i.e. the ‘Church’ plate. Three vol- AL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD Blue cloth elaborately decorated and let-

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124. GASKELL, E. C. THE LIFE OF CHARLOTTE BRONTE Author of “Jane Eyre,” “Shirley,” “Villette,” &c. Smith, El- der & Co., 1857. First edition. Two volumes, finely bound by Bayntun in early twentieth century half red morocco. Raised bands on the spine and gilt lettering and vignettes. Top edge gilt. Engraved frontispiece to each vol- ume. A handsome set. [34531] £850

125. HUNT, Leigh WIT AND HUMOUR, Selected From the English Poets; with an Illustrative Essay, and Critical Comments Smith, Elder & Co., 1846. First edition. Small 8vo. Original pink fine ribbed cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. All edges gilt. Advertisements at tered in gilt. Decorative endpapers. Seven Second edition, hand coloured issue. 8vo. the rear dated July 1846. Carter’s variant tipped in colour plates by Hugh Thom- Finely bound by Henry Young in full red B. A very good copy, the pale cloth soiled. son, mounted onto grey art paper. A very polished calf, with gilt rules to the boards, [35534] £45 good copy indeed, offsetting to the pages raised bands to the spine with gilt decora- A study on the wit and humour to be found in opposite the illustrations and some foxing tion to the sections and gilt lettering to the English poetry, in which Hunt chooses specif- to the extremities. [35757] £150 leather title label. All edges gilt. Marbled ic texts and comments on them. His subjects endpapers. Twenty-four hand coloured include Chaucer, Shakespeare, Ben Johnson, 121. DISRAELI, Isaac CURIOSITIES OF full page wood engravings by Pierce Egan, Pope and Swift amongst many others. LITERATURE Edited, with Memoir and the Younger. A near fine copy, occasional Carter p.119. Notes, by his Son, The Right Hon. B. Dis- spotting and browning to the verso of the 126. HUNT, Leigh THE AUTOBIOGRA- raeli, Chancellor of Her Majesty’s Excheq- plates, but a very handsome production. PHY OF LEIGH HUNT With Reminis- uer G. Routledge & Co., 1858. [34596] £300 New edition. 8vo. Three volumes. Orig- A humorous novel in the Pickwickian style. cences of Friends and Contemporaries inal publisher’s green cloth, decoration Smith, Elder and Co., 1850. stamped in blind and lettered in gilt on 123. GASKELL, Mrs (Elizabeth Cleghorn) First edition. Three volumes. 8vo. Origi- the spine. Vol I with portrait frontis of SYLVIA’S LOVERS Smith, Elder & Co., nal ochre cloth, elaborate floral decoration Isaac Disraeli, Vol II with a fold out fac- 1863. stamped in blind and lettered in gilt on simile letter by Alexander Pope, Vol. III First illustrated edition. 8vo. Contem- the spine. Publisher’s 16 page catalogue with portrait frontis of Benjamin Dis- porary half maroon morocco by G. Win- at the end of vol. 1, dated June 1850. Blue raeli. A very good set, gilt a little dulled stanley, Manchester, over marbled boards, glazed endpapers and frontispiece por- and with some rubbing. Bookplate of Sir lettering in gilt on the spine between traits of Hunt to each volume. A fine set, Edward Watkin to each front pastedown. raised bands decorated in gilt. All edges clean and bright. [35093] £600 [35528] £65 marbled. Marbled endpapers. Five black A collection of essays concerning “literary, ar- and white illustrations, including the pic- 127. HUNT, Leigh A DAY BY THE FIRE tistic, and political history.” torial title page, by George du Maurier and Other Papers, Hitherto Uncollected and etched by Joseph Swain. A very good Robert Brothers, 1870. 122. EGAN, Pierce THE PILGRIMS OF copy, joints and corners lightly rubbed First edition. Small 8vo. Original green THE THAMES In Search of the National! and sporadic foxing throughout. [35245] cloth over bevelled boards with gilt titles. Printed for Thomas Tegg, 1839. £300 A very good copy. [35504] £45

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128. KIPLING, Rudyard THE JUNGLE 131. KIPLING, Rudyard ‘CAPTAINS and vignette, in the original dustwrapper. BOOK Macmillan, 1894. COURAGEOUS’ A Story of the Grand Top edge gilt. Signed on the title page. Ten First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth with Banks Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1897. photographic plates. A fine bright copy. gilt vignettes to upper cover and spine, First edition. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt [35000] £750 gilt borders and titles. All edges gilt. Il- lettering and decoration. All edges gilt. lustrations in black and white by J. Lock- Illustrated in black and white by I.W. 135. KIPLING, Rudyard JUST SO STO- wood Kipling, W.H. Drake and P. Fren- Taber. A very good copy indeed, slightly RIES For Little Children Macmillan, 1902. zeny. A very good copy, neatly re-cased cocked and with some foxing to contents. First edition. Red pictorial cloth with let- and with occasional foxing. [34999] [34997] £300 tering and illustration in white and black. £1,250 Black and white illustrations throughout 132. KIPLING, Rudyard STALKY & CO. by the author. A superb fine copy, bright 129. KIPLING, Rudyard THE SECOND Macmillan, 1899. and crisp with just a little foxing to the JUNGLE BOOK Macmillan, 1895. First edition. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt let- endpapers and page edges. [35727] First edition. Small 8vo. Blue cloth with tering on the spine and circular vignette £1,500 gilt titles and vignettes. All edges gilt. Il- of elephant head on the upper cover. Kipling’s well loved stories include: “How the lustrations in black and white by J. Lock- Top edge gilt. A very good copy indeed. Camel Got His Hump” and “How the Leopard wood Kipling. A very good copy, cloth [35007] £175 Got His Spots”. bright, though front hinge splitting in the “...among the finest book illustrations centre. [35006] £300 133. KIPLING, Rudyard KIM Macmillan, ever produced” 1901. 136. DETMOLD, Maurice & Edward 130. KIPLING, Rudyard SOLDIER First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth with ILLUSTRATIONS TO RUDYARD TALES Macmillan, 1896. gilt titles and vignette. Top edge gilt. Ten KIPLING’S JUNGLE BOOK Macmillan, First edition. Small 8vo. Blue cloth with photographic plates. A very good copy. 1903 gilt vignette and titles. All edges gilt. Il- [34994] £250 Large portfolio comprising 16 large lustrations in black and white by J. Lock- mounted colour plates depicting scenes wood Kipling. A very good copy, gilt vi- SIGNED BY KIPLING from Kipling’s story (each image is 300mm gnette a little tarnished. [34998] £95 134. KIPLING, Rudyard KIM Macmillan, by 250mm). Housed in publisher’s green 1927. linen slipcase with gilt embossed decora- Reprint. Original red cloth with gilt titles

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138. LAMB, Charles JOHN WOODVIL G & J Robinson, 1802. First edition. Finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full olive morocco with a ge- ometric design to covers of intertwining gilt rules about four circular, floral devic- es with small red morocco inlays. Raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt. A near fine copy with a faded spine. [35491] £850

139. [LAMB, Charles; LAMB, Mary] MRS. LEICESTER’S SCHOOL M.J.Godwin, at the Juvenile Library, [1808] 1809. First edition. Finely bound by Riviere in scarlet morocco, with raised bands and gilt titles to spine, elaborate gilt turn-ins and silk endpapers. Wood engraved fron- tispiece plus various engraved tailpieces. A near fine copy with just a trace of wear 136 to the top of the front joint. [35499] £450 tion depicting a winged beast (a mythic 137. LAMB, Charles; SHAKESPEARE, emblem used by the Detmolds) to upper William TALES FROM SHAKESPEAR. 140. LAMB, Charles THE WORKS OF cover. The sixteen colour illustrations Designed For the Use of Young Persons CHARLES LAMB C & J Ollier, 1818. are mounted and protected by captioned For Thomas Hodgkins, at the Juvenile Library, Two volumes. 8vo. Each finely bound by tissue guards. Plates and mounts in very 1807. Riviere & Son in full navy morocco, with good condition, the portfolio with signs First edition, first printing with printers raised bands, gilt decoration and borders. £375 of wear, particularly to the fold over flaps. imprint to p. [236] in vol. I and 3pp of A near fine set. [35502] Maurice and Edward Detmold were twins terminal adverts to vol. II in the earliest born in London, who studied animal life state with the publisher’s address listed in the Zoological Gardens. Much of the as Hanway Street. Finely bound by San- work the brothers did was with animal gorski and Sutcliffe in full navy crushed images paying great attention to detail morocco, with raised bands and gilt and producing images which are very true embossed decoration to the spines. The to life. This series of illustrations is un- boards are decorated with gilt rules bor- doubtedly their most celebrated achieve- ders and floral vignettes to corners in red ment. “The watercolours themselves must and gilt. Elaborate gilt turn-ins. Top edge be among the finest book illustrations gilt. Frontispiece to each volume plus ever produced” says Keith Nicholson. The eighteen further copper engraved plates paintings were praised for their attention (one for each tale) after William Mul- to detail, their realistic images and their ready. An extremely handsome set, with great depth. Originals of the paintings are occasional spots of foxing and one or two owned by the Victoria & Albert Museum. minor rubs to the spine. [35451] £3,000 The portfolio was produced in a small limitation and sold for 5 guineas a set. [35802] £6,000

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143. TAYLOR, Theodore THACKERAY The Hu- mourist and the Man of Letters. The Story of His Life, Including a Selec- tion from his Character- istic Speeches Now for the First Time Gathered Together John Camden Hot- ten, 1864. First edition. 8vo. Finely bound by Riviere in full green crushed morocco, with raised bands and gilt lettering to the spine. Maroon endpapers with elaborately tooled den- telles. Black and white 146. TROLLOPE, Anthony THACKERAY English Men of Letters series, edited by DE SAMBLANX-WECKESSER BINDING sketches and illustrations John Morley Macmillan & Co., 1886. 141. LAMB, Charles ALBUM VERSES throughout. A near fine copy, spine lightly Fifteenth thousand. 8vo. Finely bound with a Few Others Edward Moxton, 1830. sunned, and a touch of rubbing to the rear by Riviere in full green crushed moroc- First edition. Finely bound by De Samb- joint, but a very handsome production. co, with raised bands and gilt lettering to lanx-Weckesser in crushed navy moroc- [35215] £175 the spine. Maroon endpapers with elab- co with covers showing double filleted orately tooled dentelles. Black and white gilt border with dentelles surrounding 144. [THACKERAY, William Makepeace] sketches and illustrations throughout. A an elaborate intertwined stem, leaf and TITMARSH, M.A. THE KICKLEBURY’S near fine copy, spine lightly sunned, but a flower pattern in gilt with the petals of the ON THE RHINE Smith, Elder & Co., 1866. very handsome production. [35084] £225 flowers inlaid with red morocco. Raised Second edition. 12mo. Original maroon bands to spine with gilt decoration and cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. All 147. WILDE, Oscar THE IMPORTANCE inlaid morocco flower device to sections. edges gilt. Fourteen chromolithographic OF BEING EARNEST A Trivial Comedy Ornamental gilt turn-ins using some of plates, plus illustrated title page. A near for Serious People Osgood, 1899. the devices from the cover. Silk endpa- fine copy, very slight rubbing to the spine First edition. Original mauve cloth with pers, all edges gilt. A fine copy with just ends and corners. Light foxing to the end- gilt decoration to the covers and spine. the slightest wear to the base of the spine. papers. [35404] £30 A fine copy. The susceptible mauve cloth Housed in marbled card slipcase. [35490] is unusually clean and bright, free from £1,500 145. TROLLOPE, Anthony BARCHES- TER TOWERS Gresham Publishing Co., wear with just slight pushing to the head 142. TENNYSON, Alfred THE WORKS [c1899]. of the spine. Internally beautiful, small OF ALFRED LORD TENNYSON Poet Handsome edition with Talwin Mor- bookplate to front pastedown, mainly Laureate MacMillan & Co. Ltd., 1909. ris binding. 8vo. Burgundy faux leather unopened. An exceptional copy. [34732] Finely bound by Bumpus in full green spine with Art Nouveau style decoration £7,500 The author’s most famous play and comic mas- morocco, with gilt decoration and raised by Talwin Morris embossed in gilt. Plain terpiece. The first edition is limited to only bands with gilt lettering to the spine. All buckram boards. Illustrated in black and 1000 copies which, due to the light colour of the edges gilt. Portrait frontispiece. A most white by L. Leslie Brooke. A near fine cloth, are seldom now found in nice condition. handsome volume. [35707] £150 copy. [35688] £45

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148 First edition. 8vo. Yellow cloth lettered in Children’s Books red. In the striking pictorial dustwrapper by Stanley Lloyd. Pictorial endpapers. Il- 148. BEMELMANS, Ludwig WELCOME lustrated in black and white by Lloyd. A HOME After a Poem by Beverly Bogert near fine book, bright and clean, though Harper & Brothers, 1960. slightly cocked. In a very good+ dust- First edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial pa- wrapper, which has minor rubs to corners, per covered boards over green cloth, in unnecessary strengthening to the rear and a matching pictorial dustwrapper. Bold a hint of dustiness. [35480] £225 colourful illustrations by Bemelmans throughout. A very good copy, a little 151. BLYTON, Enid THE TWINS AT ST. rubbing to the corners and spine ends, in CLARE’S Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1941 a very good, price clipped, dustwrapper First edition. 8vo. Orange cloth in the pic- which has a couple of nicks to the spine torial dustwrapper, with Lindsay Cable ends and a closed tear to the back panel. illustration. Line drawings by W. Lind- £125 [35367] say Cable. A very good book indeed in a very good+ dustwrapper, which has a 149. BLAKE, Quentin; MARTIN, J.P. UN- mall mark to the upper joint and a few CLE Jonathan Cape, 1964. tiny nicks to the edges. Contemporary gift with a single colour overlay, by Burgess First edition. 8vo. Red boards with gilt let- inscription to the front pastedown. Bright Sharrocks. A very good copy in a very tering on the spine in the original pictorial and attractive. [35790] £2,250 good dustwrapper, tape strengthening to dustwrapper. Grey pictorial endpapers. The exceedingly scarce first book in the St. the verso. [34728] £60 Line drawings throughout by Quentin Clare’s series. Blake. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. 153. BLYTON, Enid PUZZLE FOR THE [34651] £150 152. BLYTON, Enid SECRET SEVEN SECRET SEVEN Brockhampton Press, The first of the Uncle books. MYSTERY Brockhampton Press, 1957. 1958. First edition. 8vo.Two tone blue pictori- First edition. 8vo. Two-tone blue picto- 150. BLYTON, Enid UPPER FOURTH AT al boards in pictorial dustwrapper. Black rial boards in the pictorial dustwrapper. MALORY TOWERS Methuen, 1949. and white illustrations throughout, some Black and white illustrations through-

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out, some with a single colour overlay, by pop ups all intact and working, some light First edition. 8vo. Red boards in pictorial Burgess Sharrocks. A very good copy in a shelf wear to the boards. [35669] £95 dustwrapper with a wraparound scene. good dustwrapper, nicks to the spine ends Colour frontis. A very good copy in a very and corners. [35096] £30 156. BOOKANO; GIRAUD, S. Louis [Ed] good dustwrapper, some strengthening to BOOKANO STORIES NO. 12 With Pic- the rear and light wear. [35325] £95 154. BLYTON, Enid GOOD OLD SECRET tures that Spring up In Model Form Strand SEVEN Brockhampton Press, 1960. Publications, [c1943]. 159. BUCKERIDGE, Anthony OUR First edition. 8vo. Two tone blue pictori- First edition. 8vo. Pictorial paper covered FRIEND JENNINGS Collins, 1955. al boards in pictorial dustwrapper. Black boards. Pictorial endpapers. Colour fron- First edition. 8vo. Red boards in pictorial and white illustrations throughout, some tis and title page plus five colourful pop dustwrapper with a wraparound scene. with a single colour overlay, by Burgess up scenes. A very good copy indeed, pop Colour frontis and line drawings by Mays. Sharrocks. A very good copy in a very ups all intact and working, some light A very good copy indeed (previous own- good dustwrapper, which is slightly worn shelf wear to the boards. [35692] £95 ership inscription), in a lovely dustwrap- at the edges. [35097] £45 per, which has just light wear to the edges. 157. BRENT-DYER, E.M. THE CHALET [35287] £60 155. BOOKANO; GIRAUD, S. Louis [Ed] SCHOOL AND RICHENDA Chambers, BOOKANO STORIES NO. 4 With Pictures 1958. 160. BUCKERIDGE, Anthony JENNINGS that Spring up In Model Form Strand Pub- First edition. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt titles AS USUAL Collins, 1959. lications, [c1937]. in pictorial dustwrapper. Black and white First edition. 8vo. Red boards in pictori- First edition. 8vo. Pictorial paper covered frontis. A fine book in a fine dustwrapper. al dustwrapper. Colour frontis and line boards. Pictorial endpapers. Colour fron- [35279] £95 drawings by Mays. A very good copy in- tis and title page plus five colourful pop deed in a very good dustwrapper indeed. up scenes, including The Pipes of Pan, The “Oh wacko!” said Jennings [35288] £50 Enchanted Horse and Father Christmas 158. BUCKERIDGE, Anthony JENNINGS and his Tree. A very good copy indeed, AND DARBISHIRE Collins, 1952. 161. BUCKERIDGE, Anthony TAKE JEN- NINGS FOR INSTANCE Collins, 1958. First edition. 8vo. Red cloth in pictorial dustwrapper. Illustrated by Mays. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper,

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which is price clipped and has light wear ABOUNDING Collins, 1967. 169. BUCKERIDGE, Anthony SPEAK- to the edges. [35298] £45 First edition. 8vo. Pale grey cloth covers ING OF JENNINGS Collins, 1973. and pictorial dustwrapper. Illustrated by First edition. 8vo. Grey boards, lettered 162. BUCKERIDGE, Anthony LEAVE IT Mays. A very good copy in a very good in red, in a pictorial dustwrapper. A very TO JENNINGS Collins, 1963. dustwrapper. [35323] £50 good copy, gift inscription on the front First edition. 8vo. Pale grey boards in a free endpaper, in a good dustwrapper, pictorial dustwrapper. Top edge red. Il- 166. BUCKERIDGE, Anthony JENNINGS which has a couple of nicks to the corners lustrated by Mays. A very good copy, IN PARTICULAR Collins, 1968. and browning to the edges. [35426] £25 ownership inscription to the front free First edition. 8vo. Pale grey cloth in a endpaper, in a very good dustwrapper pictorial dustwrapper. Top edge red. Il- 170. BUCKERIDGE, Anthony JENNINGS which has light wear to the corners and lustrated by Mays. A very good copy in a AGAIN! Macmillans, 1991. spine ends. [35368] £50 very good dustwrapper. [35326] £50 First edition. 8vo. Blue boards and picto- rial dustwrapper. Signed by the author 163. BUCKERIDGE, Anthony JEN- 167. BUCKERIDGE, Anthony TRUST on the title page. Illustrated in black and NINGS, OF COURSE! Collins, 1964. JENNINGS! Collins, 1969. white by Rodney Sutton. A fine copy in a First edition. 8vo. Red boards in a pictori- First edition. 8vo. Pale grey cloth in a fine dustwrapper. [35286] £50 al dustwrapper. Top edge red. Illustrated pictorial dustwrapper. Top edge red. Il- by Mays. A very good copy in a very good lustrations by Mays. A near fine copy, gift dustwrapper. [35324] £45 inscription on the front free endpaper, in a very good, price clipped, dustwrapper 164. BUCKERIDGE, Anthony ESPE- with a short closed tear to the rear panel CIALLY JENNINGS! Collins, 1965. and a little light edge wear. [35373] £45 First edition. 8vo. Pale grey boards, let- tered in red, in a pictorial dustwrapper. 168. BUCKERIDGE, Anthony THE JEN- Top edge red. Illustrated by Mays. A very NINGS REPORT Collins, 1970. good copy in a very good, price clipped, First edition. 8vo. Red cloth in a pictori- dustwrapper. [35374] £45 al dustwrapper. Top edge red. Illustrated by Mays. A fine copy in a very good dust- 165. BUCKERIDGE, Anthony JENNINGS wrapper. [35289] £50

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171. BURNETT, Frances Hodgson TWO staining to the lower spine and rear cover but a letter from Dodgson to Craig of May 1876 LITTLE PILGRIMS’ PROGRESS A Story and a small scuff to rear joint. Otherwise suggests they were also distributed separately, of The City Beautiful F. Warne & Co., 1895. clean and attractive. [35020] £650 “Please be prepared to sell Easter Greetings First edition. 8vo. Blue cloth with elabo- separately, if asked for; I have been asked if I 174. CARROLL, Lewis; HUDSON, will allow them to be sold and of course I have rate decoration and lettering in gilt and no objection.” black on spine and upper cover. All edges Gwynedd ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN gilt. Illustrated in black and white by R. W. WONDERLAND Boots, [c1925]. 177. CARROLL, Lewis [DODGSON, Macbeth. A very good copy. [35764] £45 Charmingly illustrated Christmas gift edi- Charles Lutwidge] ALICE’S ADVEN- tion. 4to. In original blue cloth with elab- TURES UNDER GROUND Macmillan, 172. BRUNHOFF, Jean de BABAR AND orate gilt design and titles. Twelve colour 1886. FATHER CHRISTMAS Methuen, 1940 plates mounted under tissue guards, plus First edition. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt letter- First UK edition. Folio. Cloth backed pa- numerous orange and black line drawings ing and vignettes to lower cover. All edg- per covered boards. Pictorial endpapers in the text. In very good condition, with es gilt. This book reproduces in facsimile and lots of very bold colour illustrations, some foxing, principally to the page edg- the original manuscript for Carroll’s story £175 including the most brilliant double page es. [35283] with 37 of the author’s own drawings. A one of Father Christmas standing around very good copy indeed, spine just slightly the Christmas Tree with Babar and family. INSCRIBED “LEWIS CARROLL” faded. [35019] £650 A very good copy, slightly loose and with 176. CARROLL, Lewis AN EASTER some rubbing to the corners. [35792] £175 GREETING TO EVERY CHILD WHO 178. CARROLL, Lewis SYLVIE AND LOVES ALICE Privately printed for the Au- BRUNO with SYLVIE AND BRUNO “Down the Rabbit Hole” thor, 1876. CONCLUDED Macmillan, 1889, 1893. 173. CARROLL, Lewis ALICE’S AD- First edition, printed on Towgood Fine pa- Two volumes, both first editions. 8vo. VENTURES IN WONDERLAND Mac- per. 32mo, single bifolium as issued. Au- Both volumes all edges gilt, in original red millan, 1868. thor’s presentation copy, inscribed to the cloth with gilt titles on spine and border Third edition (fifteenth thousand). 8vo. cover, “For May from Lewis Carroll. Dec. and vignette on upper cover. Illustrated Original red cloth lettered and stamped in 3. 1877.” A near fine copy with a pin hole in line by Harry Furniss. A very good set £2,250 gilt. All edges gilt. Illustrated throughout through both sheets. [35746] indeed. [35021] £275 by John Tenniel. A very good copy. The The Easter Greeting was published to be given original cloth is unrepaired, with some away with copies of The Hunting of the Snark,

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plus thirteen further full page colour il- lustrations by N.C.Wyeth. A very good copy indeed, gift inscription to the verso of the front free endpaper, but otherwise a bright and attractive copy. [35306] £150

182. CROMPTON, Richmal WILLIAM’S TREASURE TROVE George Newnes Ltd., 1962. First edition. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt let- tering and vignette, in pictorial dustwrap- per. Dustwrapper illustration and line drawings throughout by Thomas Henry. A near fine copy in a near fine dustwrap- per, short closed tear to the upper panel. [34810] £95

183. CROMPTON, Richmal WILLIAM AND THE POP SINGERS George Newnes Ltd., 1965. First edition. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt let- tering and vignette, in pictorial dustwrap- per. Dustwrapper illustration and line drawings throughout by Henry Ford. A near fine book in a very good+ dustwrap- per. [34762] £95

179. RACKHAM, Arthur; CARROLL, 180. CONE, Molly MISHMASH Hought- Lewis ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WON- on Mifflin Co.,1962. DERLAND William Heinemann, [1907]. First edition. 8vo. Fawn cloth in pictorial First Rackham edition. Edition de Luxe, dustwrapper. Line drawings throughout number 406 of 1100 copies printed on by Leonard Shortall. A near fine copy in a handmade paper. Large 4to. Publisher’s very good dustwrapper, with some nicks full white buckram, with gilt titles and vi- and wear. [35377] £45 gnettes. Top edge gilt, other uncut. Picto- rial endpapers, with usual offsetting. Thir- 181. COOPER, James Fenimore; WYETH, teen colour plates mounted onto brown N.C. THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS art paper and protected by captioned Hodder & Stoughton, [c1920]. tissue guards. In addition there are lots of First UK edition illustrated by N.C. charming line drawings. A fine copy, with Wyeth. Small 4to. Light blue cloth lettered white buckram unusually clean. Internal- in gilt on the spine and in dark blue on ly very clean, with just minimal offsetting the upper cover. Vignette in gilt and black to the endpapers as usual. [35252] £3,750 on the upper cover. Pictorial endpapers A glorious presentation of Carroll’s classic tale. and paste on illustration to the title page,

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a very good dustwrapper indeed, which has very light edge wear and a small mark to the joint. [35779] £2,750 This is the first illustrated version of Grahame’s tales of the river bank.

When Kenneth Grahame saw Shepard’s draw- ings he chuckled and said, “I’m glad you’ve made them real.” 189. GRAHAME, Kenneth; SHEPARD, E.H. THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS Methuen, 1931 First edition with illustrations by E.H. Shepard. 8vo. Original dark green cloth with gilt vignettes on upper cover and ti- tles on the spine. Pictorial endpapers by Shepard. Illustrated throughout in line. A very good copy indeed, neat contem- 184. DAHL, Roald THE MAGIC FINGER of the prepublication proof, light crease to porary inscription dated Christmas 1930. Allen & Unwin, 1968. upper wrapper. [35718] £175 [35791] £350 First edition. 8vo. Paper covered boards Dahl’s comical version of traditional tales is illustrated in colour. Many illustrations told in rhyme. Tales include: The Tortoise and 190. GRAHAME, Kenneth; SHEPARD, by William Pène Bois, including pictorial the Hare; The Emperor’s new Clothes, and Ali E.H. THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS Baba and the Forty Thieves. endpapers and some double page illus- Methuen, 1931. trations. A very good copy indeed, boards First edition illustrated by E.H. Shepard. 187. DAHL, Roald THE VICAR OF NIB- just slightly dusty. [35072] £350 8vo. Original dark green cloth with gilt BLESWICKE Century, 1991. vignettes on upper cover and titles on the First edition. 8vo. Blue boards lettered in 185. DAHL, Roald THE WONDERFUL spine. Pictorial dustwrapper with Shep- gilt, in pictorial dustwrapper. Illustrated WORLD OF HENRY SUGAR and Six ard’s drawings in navy blue. Pictorial end in black and white and colour by Quen- More Cape, 1977. papers by Shepard. Illustrated with Shep- tin Blake. A fine copy in a near fine dust- First edition. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt ti- ard’s distinctive line drawings through- wrapper. [35717] £35 tles in pictorial dustwrapper. Dustwrap- out . A near fine copy in a near fine picto- per with wraparound design by Susan rial dustwrapper, which has a little wear 188. GRAHAME, Kenneth; BRANSOM, Shields, plus a double page black and to the top of the spine. [35238] £1,950 Paul THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS white illustration to the centre of the book. Methuen, 1913 A very good copy in a very good dust- 191. GRAHAME, Kenneth; RACKHAM, First UK edition illustrated by Bransom. wrapper, with very light edge wear and Arthur THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering on price clipped. [35679] £150 Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1950 spine and upper cover, black and white People with peculiar and unlikely powers can First U.K. edition illustrated by Rackham. be found in the stories of this book. vignette on upper cover, in rare original 8vo. Green cloth with gilt titles on the brown printed dustwrapper with colour spine, in pictorial dustwrapper. Introduc- 186. DAHL, Roald RHYME STEW Cape, pictorial onlay. Top edge gilt and others tion by A.A. Milne. Twelve colour plates 1989. untrimmed. Pictorial endpapers and ten and fifteen illustrations in line. A very Uncorrected proof copy. Publisher’s or- colour plates by Paul Bransom, as well as good copy in a very good, price clipped ange wrappers with black lettering and one in black and white by Graham Robert- dustwrapper, which has some rubbing to Cape logo decoration. Illustrations in line son. A near fine copy, small piece of low- the edges and small nicks to the head of by Quentin Blake. A very good example er corner missing from front endpaper, in the spine. [35795] £395

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193. GALLICO, Paul THREE STO- RIES The Snow Goose, The Small Miracle, Ludmila Michael Joseph, 1964. First edition thus. 8vo. Illustrated throughout in line by Anne Linton. A near fine copy in a very good, price clipped dustwrap- per with a short closed tear. [35357] £20

LINES, Kathleen [Ed] THE FABER “Moon came back last Thursday and we STORYBOOK Faber had two heavenly days at Lords.” & Faber, 1961. 195. MILNE, A.A. WHEN WE WERE First edition. 4to. VERY YOUNG with AUTOGRAPH LET- Eight full page col- TER SIGNED Methuen, 1924/ 1934 our illustrations, First edition, first issue with blank end- plus many line papers. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering drawings through- and gilt vignettes to upper cover. Top edge out, by Alan How- gilt. Loosely inserted is a two sided auto- SIGNED BY GRAHAME & MILNE ard. A very good graph letter on Cotchford Farm headed 192. MILNE, A.A. ; GRAHAME, Kenneth copy, gift inscription on the front free end- paper with original envelope. Illustrated TOAD OF TOAD HALL A Play from Ken- paper, in a very good dustwrapper which in line by E.H. Shepard. A near fine copy, neth Grahame’s Book “The Wind in the has a few nicks to the spine ends and cor- lightly bumped to corners, with the letter Willows” Methuen, 1929 ners. [35378] £30 in very good order. [33320] £2,750 First edition. Deluxe issue, one of 200 large Traditional fairy stories and tales from Aesop. This book is the first in a series of four and in- paper copies, signed by both A.A. Milne troduces the characters of Pooh and Christo- pher Robin. 194. LEWIS, C. S. PRINCE CASPIAN and Kenneth Grahame. White boards and This copy is accompanied by a handwritten let- blue cloth spine, printed paper label on Bles, 1951. ter from Milne to his close friend, Marjorie Rust. upper cover. Printed on handmade pa- First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth with In the letter he described “two heavenly days per with only top edge trimmed. Original silver titles, in pictorial dustwrapper de- at Lords” during one of Christopher Robin’s cream dustwrapper with printed titles. A signed by Pauline Baynes. Endpapers, col- weekends home from boarding school, cricket fine copy in a fine dustwrapper, just very our frontispiece and numerous full page being a shared love of both father and son. The slight rubbing to the top of the spine. Pre- line drawings by Pauline Baynes. A near match in question was the 1934 second test of served in custom made cloth slipcase. fine copy, touch of sunning to the top edge, the Ashes. “Walters and Wyatt - 160 in 80 min- utes- you never saw such batting! We hugged in a very fine dustwrapper which just has [33938] £2,500 each other in ecstasy at Walters : the most love- a short closed tear to the upper panel and ly bat in the world.(Moon now practising Wal- a trace of wear to the head of the spine, ters’ shots).” The letter refers to Christopher but is unusually crisp and bright. [35697] Robin by his family nickname, (Billy) Moon. £2,250

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196. MILNE, A.A. NOW WE ARE SIX TWO DELUXE EDITIONS SIGNED BY BEATRIX POTTER’S FIRST BOOK Methuen, 1927. CHRISTOPHER ROBIN 200. [POTTER, Beatrix] H.B.P A HAP- First edition. 8vo. Original maroon cloth 198. MILNE, A.A. NOW WE ARE SIX PY PAIR Verses by F. E. Weatherley with gilt lettering and vignettes. Top edge Methuen, 1977. Hildesheimer & Faulkner, [1890]. gilt. In pictorial dustwrapper. Pictorial Deluxe edition. 8vo. Bound in publisher’s First edition. Original folded card covers endpapers. Illustrations throughout in full maroon levant morocco with elabo- illustrated in colour by Potter, enclosing black and white by E.H. Shepard. A very rate gilt tooling to the spine and covers by seven card leaves tied at the spine with good copy indeed in a very good dust- Zaehnsdorf. All edges gilt. This is number the original silk tasselled tie. All edges wrapper, which though complete is rather 65 of 300 copies printed to celebrate the gilt. Illustrated internally with six exqui- tanned and rubbed. [35210] £400 fiftieth anniversary of the book’s publica- site chromolithographs by Potter, one of Milne’s verses for children, including: King tion. Signed by Christopher Milne. Pub- which is duplicated on the upper cover. John’s Christmas, Us Two, Sneezles and Twice lisher’s errata slip present. Illustrated in A very good copy which shows the usu- Times. line by E.H. Shepard. A fine copy, with just al wear to the spine fold with splitting to slight foxing to rear endpapers. Housed in the upper and lower portions. Internally “A Bear No Matter How He Tries, publisher’s slipcase. [35492] £500 clean and crisp, a well preserved example Grows Tubby Without Exercise” of Beatrix Potter’s first work and noted 197. MILNE, A.A. THE CHRISTOPHER 199. MILNE, A.A. THE HOUSE AT rarity. [35397] £25,000 ROBIN VERSES Methuen, 1932. POOH CORNER Methuen, 1978. Potter’s first published work, preceding The First edition, first issue of this combined Tale of Peter Rabbit by eleven years, and of leg- Deluxe edition, limited to 300 copies and book of verses, with new colour illustra- endary scarcity. signed by Christopher Milne. Bound in tions by E.H. Shepard and new preface full salmon pink leather by Zaehnsdorf, by Milne. Blue cloth and gilt lettering and with gilt decoration and titles. All edges vignette. This copy complete with the gilt. Line drawings throughout by E.H. original pictorial dustwrapper and with Shepard. A fine copy in its original slip- printed outer dustwrapper. 8vo. Twelve case. [35493] £600 colour plates and many line drawings by E.H. Shepard. A very good copy, spine top and corner bumped in a very good+ dust- wrapper. [34721] £700

201. POTTER, Beatrix THE TAILOR OF GLOUCESTER F. Warne & Co., 1903. First published edition, first issue with single endpaper repeated four times. 12mo. Maroon paper covered boards let- tered in white and with pictorial onlay of the Tailor. Pictorial endpapers and 27

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colour plates. A very good copy, with a 204. POTTER, Beatrix THE STORY OF boards with white lettering and pictorial little wear to the head of the spine and A FIERCE BAD RABBIT F. Warne & Co., onlay to upper cover. Pictorial endpa- occasional looseness between sections. [1906]. pers and 27 colour illustrations by the au- [34681] £750 First edition, first issue. Folding wallet thor. A near fine copy, with a small rub to style panorama, green wallet with writing the upper corner. [34722] £950 202. POTTER, Beatrix THE PIE AND in dark green and onlay of the rabbit to THE PATTY PAN F. Warne & Co., 1905. the upper flap. Mottled lavender endpa- 207. POTTER, Beatrix THE TALE OF First edition. 8vo. Maroon paper covered pers. The story is told on a folding pan- TIMMY TIPTOES F. Warne & Co., 1911. boards with white lettering and decora- orama, which alternates text and illustra- First edition. 12mo. Grey paper covered tion encircling round pictorial onlay. Mot- tion. There are a total of fourteen colour boards with white lettering and pictorial tled lilac endpapers. Ten colour plates plates. A very good copy, which is bright onlay to upper cover. Pictorial endpapers and many smaller line drawings in the and clean with some wear around the tab and twenty seven colour plates by Pot- text. A near fine copy, with slight fading fastening and a repair to one joint of the ter. A very good copy, small split to front to the spine. Internally, unusually clean panorama but no creasing to the panels. hinge. [35354] £250 with just the occasional spot of foxing. [34693] £950 [34670] £850 208. POTTER, Beatrix THE ROLY-POLY PUDDING F. Warne & Co., 1908. PUBLISHER’S DELUXE BINDING First edition, first issue with “All rights 203. POTTER, Beatrix THE TAILOR OF reserved” printed on the title page. 8vo. GLOUCESTER Warne, 1903. Red cloth lettered in gilt and with picto- First published edition. 12mo. In the pub- rial onlay of Samuel Whiskers to the up- lisher’s deluxe binding of floral cloth with per cover. Pictorial endpapers, eighteen white buckram title labels lettered and colour plates and many line drawings in bordered in gilt. Twenty-seven full page the text. A near fine copy, cloth bright and colour illustrations by the author. A very contents clean, with a small mark to the good copy indeed, spine a little tanned, pictorial onlay. [34690] £1,500 but generally clean and bright. [35131] This book was later published under the title of £4,500 “The Tale of Samuel Whiskers” and was pro- duced in the smaller format with paper covered boards.

209. POTTER, Beatrix GINGER AND PICKLES F. Warne & Co., 1909. First edition. 8vo. Light brown paper cov- 205. POTTER, Beatrix THE TALE OF ered boards with green lettering and col- TOM KITTEN F. Warne & Co., 1907. our illustration on upper cover. Colour First edition. 12mo. Red-brown paper pictorial end papers and ten colour illus- covered boards with white lettering and trations, as well as many line drawings. A pictorial onlay. Pictorial endpapers and fine bright copy, slightest tanning to the 27 colour plates, each with a page of text spine, internally perfect. [34669] £850 opposite. Printed on coated stock. A fine copy, which is bright and crisp with a gift 210. POTTER, Beatrix THE TALE OF inscription the front endpaper and slight MRS. TITTLEMOUSE F. Warne & Co., tanning to the spine. [34689] £1,450 1910. First edition. 12mo. Cream paper covered 206. POTTER, Beatrix THE TALE OF boards with green lettering. Pictorial on- THE FLOPSY BUNNIES Warne, 1909. lay of Mrs Tittlemouse. Pictorial endpa- First edition. 12mo. Brown paper covered

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pers and 27 colour plates by the author. missing from the London on the title page. for one hundred sets of sheets to be sent over A near fine copy, with a hint of wear to 12mo. Grey paper covered boards and and had them bound privately. the head of the spine. Internally perfect. pictorial onlay. Pictorial endpapers and [34684] £750 lots of colour illustrations by the author. 215. ROWLING, J.K. HARRY POTTER A fine copy with just the slightest hint of AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE 211. POTTER, Beatrix THE TALE OF wear to one corner. [35507] £2,000 Bloomsbury, 1997. PIGLING BLAND F. Warne & Co., 1913. The error in the publisher’s address was cor- First edition, paperback issue, with all First edition. 12mo. Maroon paper covered rected mid way through the print run and cop- issue points. Pictorial wrappers with de- boards with lettering in white. Rectangu- ies of the first issue are scarce. sign by Thomas Taylor. A very good copy, lar colour onlay to upper cover. Pictorial spine lightly faded and small nick to the PRIVATELY PRINTED EDITION endpapers and fifteen colour illustrations lower joint with associated lifting of the 214. [POTTER, Beatrix] HEELIS, Beatrix with lots of additional line drawings in laminate. [35747] £2,950 THE FAIRY CARAVAN Privately printed, the text. A near fine copy with fading to The first Harry Potter book. Published in June Ambleside, 1929. the spine. [34687] £400 1997 in both hardback and paperback, with a First edition, one of 100 copies to be pri- print run of only 5150 copies in paperback. The vately printed by the author. Small 4to. 212. POTTER, Beatrix THE TALE OF franchise has gone on to be hugely successful, Cloth backed blue/ grey paper covered spawning a new generation of young readers. JOHNNY TOWN-MOUSE F. Warne & boards with title printed on upper cover Co., 1918. in black. Illustrated by Beatrix Potter with SIGNED BY TEMPEST First edition, second state, with the termi- six colour plates and numerous black and 216. UTTLEY Alison; TEMPEST, Marga- nal N present in London. 12mo. Light grey white line drawings. A fine copy, which ret GREY RABBIT’S MAY DAY Collins, paper covered boards and pictorial onlay. is clean and crisp. Internally perfect and 1963 Pictorial endpapers and lots of colour il- largely unopened. [35436] £6,000 First edition. 8vo. Blue pictorial paper lustrations by the author. A fine copy. This book, which is of a semi-autobiographical boards in a matching dustwrapper. In- £250 [34682] nature, was written from Potter’s personal jot- scribed on the verso free endpaper “For tings about her beloved Lakeland and its peo- Charles Gray with love from Margaret 213. POTTER, Beatrix THE TALE OF ple. Potter did not want an English edition of Tempest, Easter 1963.” Colour plates by JOHNNY TOWN-MOUSE F. Warne & The Fairy Caravan, because she felt the stories Margaret Tempest. A fine book in a fine were ‘too personal - too autobiographical’... Co., 1918. dustwrapper. [35789] £125 First edition, first state with the terminal N In order to obtain English copyright she asked

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274 Illustrated Books 217. ALCOTT, Louisa M. LITTLE WOM- EN Hodder & Stoughton, [1922]. First edition illustrated by M.E. Gray. 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and pictorial onlay to upper cover. Pictorial endpapers. Twelve tipped in colour plates by M.E. Gray. A very good copy, a little light wear to the spine ends and neat but lengthy written inscription on the front blank. A charming presentation of this classic tale. [35751] £275

219. ALDIN, Cecil WHITE-EAR AND embossed lettering and decoration. Top PETER The Story of a Fox and a Fox Terri- edge gilt and others edges untrimmed. er MacMillan, 1912. Protected by the original printed dust- First edition. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt let- wrapper. This copy inscribed by the au- tering and vignettes. Sixteen colour plates thor, “with best wishes, Isabel Anderson”. by Aldin. A fine copy. [35014] £95 Pictorial endpapers, decorative title page and twenty-four tipped in colour plates 220. ANDERSON, Isabel THE GREAT by John Elliott. A glorious copy, fine in SEA HORSE Little, Brown & Co. 1909. dustwrapper, with just a small bump to First edition, One of 300 Deluxe copies. the top of the spine. [34958] £850 8vo. Bound in full white vellum with gilt

218. ANDERSON, Florence Mary; SACKVILLE, Lady Margaret THE TRAV- ELLING COMPANIONS and Other Sto- ries for Children Simpkin, 1915. First Florence Anderson edition. 4to. Blue pictorial cloth. Twelve colour plates by Florence Mary Anderson, as well as line drawings in the text. A good copy of an uncommon fairy book, lacks front endpa- per and some line drawings coloured in. [35280] £85

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221. BARBIER, George LA GUIRLANDE 12cm x 8cm. Salmon pink silk illustrated and slipcase. [35055] £750 DES MOIS Meynial, Paris, 1917. with gilt with designs by Barbier. All edg- 12cm x 8cm. A sumptuous little book. Silk es gilt. In original pictorial dustwrapper 225. BARBIER, George LA GUIRLANDE covers with colour illustrations in pochoir and pictorial slipcase. Pictorial title page DES MOIS Meynial, 1921. by Barbier, all edges gilt. Striped endpa- and six pochoir colour plates. A very good 12cm x 8cm. Cream silk covers illustrated pers, pictorial title page decorative bor- copy, upper joint frayed a little, otherwise in black and gold with designs by Barbier. ders and chapter headings. Six pochoir in excellent condition. Dustwrapper with All edges gilt and decorative borders and colour plates in the Art Deco style. A very light wear to the top of the spine and slip- chapter headings. Decorative endpapers, good copy of the book, covers bright and case in excellent condition. [35058] £500 pictorial title page, six pochoir colour clean, hinges repaired. In a very good plates in Art Deco style. A fine book, near original dustwrapper and striped slipcase 223. BARBIER, George LA GUIRLANDE fine dustwrapper and slipcase. [35057] with wear to extremities. [35056] £300 DES MOIS Meynial, Paris, 1919. £650 Guirlandes des Mois is a series of almanacs 12cm x 8cm. 12mo. Silk covers with beau- produced by Jules Maynial and illustrated by tiful colour illustrations in pochoir by Bar- 226. BARBIER, George; GAUTIER, Theo- George Barbier, the delightful little books (five bier, all edges gilt. In the original pictorial phile LE ROMAN DE LA MOMIE Com- in total) were published annually between 1917 dustwrapper and pictorial card slipcase. positions de George Barbier, Gravées sur - 1921. Patterned endpapers, pictorial title page Bois par Gasperini. Les Beaux Livres, no. 222. BARBIER, George LA GUIRLANDE decorative borders and chapter headings. 47. A & G Mornay, 1929. DES MOIS Seconde année Meynial, 1918. Six pochoir colour plates in the Art Deco First edition with Barbier’s illustrations. style. A fine copy of the 8vo. Original pictorial paper wrappers. book, in a near fine dust- Number 298 of 834 copies printed on wrapper, which has a small Rives, from a total limitation of 1091. tear repaired to the edge of Thirty seven colour illustrations by Bar- the spine and fine original bier, wood engraved by Emile Gasperini. slipcase. Protected by cus- Illustrations include a full page frontis, ti- tom made outer slipcase. tle page, chapter headings, tail pieces and [35054] £750 illustrations in the text. A near fine copy, light rubs to lower spine, clean and bright. 224. BARBIER, George LA [35105] £500 GUIRLANDE DES MOIS Meynial, 1920. 12cm x 8cm. The fourth al- manac produced by George Barbier is a sumptuous lit- tle book. Silk covers with colour illustrations in po- choir by Barbier, all edges gilt. In the pictorial dust- wrapper and slipcase. Pat- terned endpapers, pictorial title page decorative bor- ders and chapter headings. Six pochoir colour plates in the typical Art Deco style one associates with Barbi- er’s work. A fine copy of the book, in fine dustwrapper

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227. BARRIE, J.M.; THOMSON, Hugh 229. BRANGWYN, Frank; KHAYYAM, buckram with gilt lettering and colour on- THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON Hodder & Omar THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR lay to upper cover. Top edge gilt and oth- Stoughton, [1914]. KHAYYAM T.N. Foulis, 1920. ers untrimmed. Pictorial endpapers and First edition illustrated by Hugh Thom- 4to. Grey green cloth lettered in gilt on the 30 colour plates by Kate Cameron, in her son. 4to. Red cloth with elaborate gilt spine, and decorated in brown on the up- distinctive of Art style. A lettering and designs. Twenty one tipped per cover. Fifteen tipped in colour plates very good copy, covers dusty and a small in colour plates, under captioned tissue mounted on grey art paper. Each page of scratch to the colour onlay. [35458] £150 guards, by Hugh Thomson, plus line text with a decorative surround printed in This charming fairytale book includes many of drawings in the text. A very good copy grey. A very good copy indeed. [35647] the best loved fairy tales, including; Red Riding indeed, slight fading to the spine, corner £125 Hood, Three Little Pigs, Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk and many more. crease to the title page and spotting to the page edges, but a bright copy of a hand- 230. CAMERON, Katharine THE EN- 232. CHAUCER, Geoffrey; GOBLE, some production. Loosely inserted is a CHANTED LAND Tales Told Again, by Warwick THE COMPLETE POETICAL notice from the Leicester Galleries offer- Louis Chisholm T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1906. WORKS OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER Now ing the original watercolours for this work First edition. 8vo. White buckram with First Put into Modern English by John and Hugh Thomson’s “Quality Street” for gilt lettering and decoration. Top edge gilt Tatlock and Percy Mackaye. Macmillan, sale. [35319] £125 and others untrimmed. Gold endpapers. 1912. Thirty wonderful colour plates, with rich First edition. 4to. Blue cloth with elabo- warm colours and Celtic influence. A very rate gilt decoration. Top edge gilt. Picto- 228. BASKIN, Leonard LEONARD good copy. [35275] £175 rial endpapers. Thirty two colour plates BASKIN’S MINIATURE NATURAL HIS- An unusual presentation of classic fairy tales, TORY Extinct Creatures, Insects, Domes- including The Snow Queen, The Toy Princess, by Warwick Goble under captioned tissue tic Animals and Seven Fish, One Crab, The Frog Prince, The Red Shoes, Twelve Danc- guards. A very good copy indeed, gilt One Lobster & One Octopus Heinemann, ing Princesses and many more. bright and gleaming, with very slight rubs 1983. to the extremities. [35294] £350 Includes The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and First UK edition. 16mo. Four volumes, Creseyde, The Book of the Duchess, The Leg- grey boards lettered in gilt, in pictorial end of Good Women, The House of Fame and dustwrappers. Housed in the original his minor poems. publisher’s slipcase. Each volume illus- trated with Baskin’s characteristic colour- ful figurative art. A near fine set, slight rubbing to the spine ends, in a very good slipcase. [35355] £30

231. CAMERON, Katharine ; CHISHOLM, Louis IN FAIRYLAND Tales Told Again TC & EC Jack, [1904]. First edition. 8vo. Deluxe binding of white

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Four Original “BB” Scraperboard Drawings from Lepus the Brown Hare

“BB” - WATKINS-PITCHFORD, Denys “BB” - WATKINS-PITCHFORD, Denys “The Stream was at its Loveliest” 1962. “The scent was bad on this low, moist ground” 1962. 233. Signed and dated in the lower right hand corner. 234. Signed in the lower right hand corner. Mounted onto Mounted onto card with caption pencilled below. 24.8 x card with caption pencilled below. 25 x 19.5cm. In lovely 19.5cm. A beautiful image, a little light marking and bor- bright condition. [34752] £800 der with old tape marks. [34750] £850 .

“BB” - WATKINS-PITCHFORD, Denys “BB” - WATKINS-PITCHFORD, Denys “Poor Lepus did not have much respite” 1962. “Another Chosen Spot... on Tontem Hill” 1962. 235. Signed in the lower right hand corner. Mounted onto 236. Signed and dated in the lower right hand corner. card with caption pencilled below . 24.5 x 19cm. In lovely Mounted onto card with caption pencilled below. 25 x bright condition. [34751] £750 19.5cm. In lovely bright condition. [34758] £750

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237. “BB” - WATKINS-PITCHFORD, De- nys THREE SMALL INK DRAWINGS 1962. Three original ink drawings on card for Lepus the Brown Hare. Drawings appear as head and tailpieces in the book at pages 7, 17 and the final page. Max. image 9cm a torial paper covered boards. 40 pages, x 6cm. In very good clean condition. plus advert. Patterned endpapers, picto- [34774] £225 . rial title page. Colour plates accompany Crane’s verse. A very good copy indeed. [34851] £150

SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY WITH ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR & AUTO- GRAPH LETTERS 240. “BB” - WATKINS-PITCHFORD, De- 240 nys LITTLE GREY MEN A Story for the Young in Heart Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1942 First edition. 8vo. Grey cloth with red let- tering in (supplied) pictorial dustwrap- 241. DULAC, Edmund LYRICS PATHET- per with colour illustration by BB on the IC AND HUMOROUS FROM A-Z An Al- upper cover. Signed on the title page by phabet Book Hodder & Stoughton, 1908. 238. “BB” - WATKINS-PITCHFORD, De- the author. Inserted onto the front paste- First edition. 4to. Cloth spine and paper nys TWO INK DRAWINGS 1962. down is a charming original watercolour covered bevelled boards with illustration Two original ink drawings on card for illustration signed “D. Watkins-Pitchford, to the upper cover. Pictorial endpapers Lepus the Brown Hare. Drawings appear 1978”, depicting a gnome dozing on the and twenty four colour plates by Dulac. as the headpiece at p.62 and the tailpiece river bank. There are accompanying verses and lim- of page 49. Max. image 7cm x 6cm. In very Accompanying the book is a postcard from ericks by Dulac. An alphabet with a verse good clean condition. [34775] £125 Watkins-Pitchford which says, “herewith for each letter, XYZ are combined on one “Sleeping Baldmoney” one of my gnomes page. A very good copy, gutta percha re- 239. CRANE, Walter LEGENDS FOR LI- (no charge product of a wet afternoon) newed, boards a little rubbed and one ONEL In pen and pencil Cassell & Co. Ltd., yrs BB”. Also present are two further au- or two margins very slightly creased. 1887. tograph letters in their original envelopes [35085] £450 First edition. 8vo. Cloth spine and pic- and an autograph note card from BB to the recipient of the book and watercolour, Mr Steele. The common theme in the others is the discussion about an “Iris”, a Purple Emperor butterfly of which BB hatched the eggs in a pill box. The last letter men- tions that BB has just finished working on the illustrations for the Naturalist’s Bed- side Book. The book itself is illustrated with 21 full page black and white draw- ings by the author, plus many head and tail pieces. A very good copy (closed tear to the lower margin of the frontis page) in very good dustwrapper. [35209] £5,000 A fabulous association copy of this popular book, with an original watercolour of one of story’s key characters. The book is one of BB’s most popular, an enchanting children’s story and winner of the Carnegie medal.

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244. DULAC, Edmund PRINCESS BADOURA A Tale from the Arabian Nights Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. First edition. White buck- ram with turquoise and gilt embossed decorations to upper cover and spine. In the rare original publish- er’s pictorial dustwrapper. Ten Oriental style colour plates are mounted onto vellum with printed tissue guards. A beautiful copy. The wrapper has the same design as the upper cover of the book but in dark blue and pink. The dustwrapper 245. DULAC, Edmund THE MARRIAGE is in very good condition, OF CUPID AND PSYCHE Limited Edi- clean and complete, with tions Club, 1951. some tape reinforcement First edition, Edition de Luxe. One of 1500 to the rear edges. [35060] copies signed by Dulac. Full vellum bind- £650 ing, with gilt lettering and design. In orig- inal slipcase. 244. DULAC, Edmund Six colour plates. A near fine copy in slip- SINDBAD THE SAILOR case. [35075] £300 & OTHER STORIES FROM An Ancient Greek love story by Lucius Apulei- THE ARABIAN NIGHTS us Madaurensis (or Platonicus). Hodder & Stoughton, 1914. First edition, first issue. 4to. 246. DULAC, Edmund; MILTON, John Tan cloth with blue floral THE MASQUE OF COMUS The Poem by decoration to background John Milton and The Airs by Henry Lawes “Wake! For the sun behind you Eastern and gilt titles and gilt em- Limited Editions Club, New York, 1954. height, Has chased the session of the stars bossed design of a ship in full sail pass- First edition illustrated by Dulac. 4to. from night” ing before a Persian Palace. Decorative Number 481 of 1500 copies of the Edition 242. DULAC, Edmund THE RUBAIYAT endpapers. This is a beautifully designed de Luxe. Quarter white vellum with gilt OF OMAR KHAYYAM Hodder & Stought- book with 23 lovely colour plates mount- titles and marbled paper boards. Six col- on, [1909]. ed within a decorative border and protect- our plates by Dulac. A fine copy in origi- First edition, Deluxe issue, no 355 of 750 ed by a captioned tissue guard. Each page nal slipcase. Loosely inserted is a monthly copies signed by the artist. Large 4to. Full of text has the same decorative border. letter of the Limited Editions Club and a white vellum with gilt decorations and A near fine copy, with a couple of small copy of Dulac’s obituary from The Times, lettering. Original silk ties. Top edge gilt marks to the spine and some occasional May 1953. [35104] £150 and others untrimmed. Patterned end- spotting to text. Laid in is the Leicester papers, decorative page borders and 20 Galleries notice for the exhibition of origi- mounted colour plates under captioned nal paintings. [35615] £750 tissue guards. A beautiful production, in fine, bright condition. [34529] £2,250

243. DULAC, Edmund; KHAYYAM, Omar THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald Hodder & Stoughton, [1909]. First edition with illustrations by Dulac. 4to. White cloth with gilt lettering and de- sign. In the original publisher’s card box and glassine. Pictorial endpapers. Twen- ty mounted colour plates under tissue guards. A very near fine copy, with cloth gleaming, tiny corner crease to the frontis- piece. The box is in very good condition, complete and clean, with just a couple of splits to the corners. [35192] £650

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247. ELIOT, George ADAM BEDE W & R 249. GOBLE, Warwick FOLK TALES OF 251. HALE, Kathleen ORLANDO THE Chambers, Ltd., [1913]. BENGAL By the Rev. Lal Behari Day Mac- MARMALADE CAT - A CAMPING HOL- First edition illustrated by Gordon millan, 1912 IDAY Country Life, [1938]. Browne. 4to. Blue cloth, lettered in gilt, First edition. 4to. Red cloth elaborately First edition. Folio. Paper boards illustrat- gilt vignette to the spine and colour pic- decorated in gilt to spine and upper cover, ed in colour by Hale. Patterned endpa- torial onlay to the upper cover. Sixteen all edges red. 32 colour illustrations with pers, colour illustrated title page, frontis full page colour illustrations and numer- captioned tissue guards. A near fine ex- and 30 pages of text and brightly coloured ous black and white drawings, by Gor- ample of this beautiful book of fairy tales. illustrations. A very good copy, rubbing don Browne. A very good copy indeed, [35786] £300 to the extremities and a small split to the gift inscription to the front free endpaper. spine. [35384] £250 [35307] £65 250. GOODEN, Stephen; AESOP AE- The first book in the Orlando the cat series. SOP’S FABLES Translated by Sir Roger 248. GOBLE, Warwick; BASILE, Giam- L’Estrange George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 252. HARRISON, Florence IN THE battista STORIES FROM THE PENTAM- 1936. FAIRY RING Written and Drawn by Flor- ERONE Translated from Neapolitan dia- First edition with Gooden’s illustrations. ence Harrison. Blackie, 1908. lect by J.E. Taylor. Macmillan, 1911. Number 451 of 525 copies printed on hand First edition. Large 4to. White cloth with First edition. 4to. Original red cloth, let- made paper and signed by Gooden. Small gilt lettering and gilt illustration to the tered in gilt on the spine, with a gilt vi- 4to. Full creamy white vellum lettered in upper cover of a little girl and a fairy hov- gnette and black lettering on the upper gilt on the spine, with gilt borders, decora- ering above a fairy ring. All edges gilt. cover. Top edge red. Thirty two beautiful tions and gilt vignettes to the covers. Top Pictorial endpapers by Harrison. Twenty colour plates by Goble, protected by cap- edge gilt. In original publisher’s slipcase four colour illustrations and lots of line tioned tissue guards. A near very good with matching number on the spine label. drawings to accompany Harrison’s fairy copy, occasional light foxing and some Pictorial title page, eleven black and white poems. A very good copy. Spine bright wear to the spine. [35321] £175 engravings and many decorative initials and clean, upper cover with some dusti- interwoven with figures from the fables. ness. Internally in good order with occa- A fine copy, some offsetting from the illus- sional spotting. [34961] £850 trations, but overall clean and bright, in a very good slipcase indeed. [35251] £800

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253. HARRISON, Florence ELFIN SONG 255. KING, Jessie M. THE HIGH HIS- Faber, 1973. A Book of Pictures and Verse by Florence TORY OF THE HOLY GRAAL Translat- First edition. 4to. Paper boards illustrated Harrison Blackie, [1912]. ed from Old French by Sebastian Evans. in full colour by Le Cain, in matching pic- First edition, first issue binding. 8vo. Dent, 1903. torial dustwrapper. A fine copy in a fine White cloth with lettering and vignettes First edition. Royal 8vo. Pale blue pictori- dustwrapper. [35249] £75 in gilt. Top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers al cloth, decoration in black and gilt. Top with line drawings of fairy folk. Twelve edge gilt and others untrimmed. Illustrat- 258. LE CAIN, Errol THE CABBAGE mounted colour plates under captioned ed title page, frontispiece and twenty two PRINCESS Written and Illustrated by Le tissue guards and twelve black and white full page illustrations. The illustrations Cain Faber and Faber, 1969. plates. Line drawings and decorative bor- are very detailed line drawings, some in a First edition. 8vo. Pictorial papered ders to each page of verse. A very good red decorative border. There are also thir- boards. Inscribed on the front endpaper copy indeed, clean and bright, with occa- ty six ornamental head pieces. The book by Errol Le Cain. Illustrated in colour sional light foxing and previous owner’s is in very good condition, remaining clean throughout by Errol Le Cain. A fine copy. inscription. [34481] £600 and bright, with slight bubbling to the [35250] £125 cloth. [34550] £950 254. ROSSETTI, Christina; HARRISON, 259. LE CAIN, Errol THE FLYING SHIP Florence CHRISTINA ROSSETTI POEMS 256. KING, Jessie M. MUMMY’S BED- by Rosemary Harris Faber and Faber 1975. Blackie, [1910]. TIME STORY BOOK by “Marion” Cecil First edition. 4to. Paper covered boards First edition illustrated by Florence Har- Palmer, [1929]. in matching dustwrapper. Colour illus- rison. Full white buckram with gilt titles First edition. Large 4to. Paper covered trations throughout. A near fine copy of and Art Nouveau design in gilt to spine boards completely illustrated in bright this Russian tale in a fine dustwrapper. and covers. Top edge gilt and others un- colours. Pictorial endpapers, 12 full page [35247] £75 trimmed. Thirty six mounted colour colour plates and every other page deco- plates and many Art Nouveau style plates rated with smaller colour illustrations. A 260. LE CAIN, Errol; ELIOT, T.S. and line drawings by Florence Harrison. near fine copy with just a little wear to the GROWLTIGER’S LAST STAND AND A near fine, bright copy of this sumptuous spine ends. [35256] £950 OTHER POEMS Faber, 1986. gift book. Gift inscription to the front free First edition illustrated by Le Cain. Glazed endpaper. [35221] £850 257. LE CAIN, Errol THE KING’S pictorial boards in matching dustwrapper. WHITE ELEPHANT by Rosemary Harris Colour illustrations throughout. A fine

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copy in a near fine, price clipped, dust- wrapper. [35754] £40 From Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats

261. LE CAIN, Errol; HARRIS, Rosemary BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Faber and on the front free endpaper. [35313] £125 dren. A little girl finds two small, black dolls on Faber, 1979. the beach. Mary takes the dolls home and cares for them until one day they leave a note “... First edition. Oblong 8vo. Laminated 263. NICHOLS, Beverley CATS’ A.B.C. Jonathan Cape, 1960. Gone for ever. Don’t worry; Back soon...”. The pictorial boards. Illustrated in colour pirate twins set off to sea for more adventures, throughout by Errol Le Cain. A near fine First edition. 8vo. Pictorial paper covered but every year they came home for Mary’s copy, with some sunning on the spine. boards, in matching dustwrapper. Picto- birthday. [35248] £95 rial endpapers. Illustrated throughout by Derrick Sayer. A fine copy in a very good, 265. PEPPIN, Brigid and MICKLETH- price clipped, dustwrapper with tape WAITE, Lucy DICTIONARY OF BRITISH reinforcement to the head of the spine. BOOK ILLUSTRATORS The Twentieth [35704] £25 Century John Murray, 1983. First edition. 4to. Illustrated in black and ONE OF 60 SIGNED COPIES white. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. 264. NICHOLSON, William THE PIRATE [35351] £30 TWINS Faber & Faber, [1929]. First edition. Number 30 of only 60 copies 266. PHILLIPS, Louise SARAH AND signed by William Nicholson in green ink SUE Art & Educational Publishers Ltd., on the front pastedown. Oblong 8vo. Pa- 1948. per covered pictorial boards, with colour First edition. Slim 4to. Yellow cloth in illustrations by Nicholson on both upper original pictorial dustwrapper. Illustrated and lower covers. Pictorial pastedowns in colour throughout by Phillips. A very and 26 illustrations by Nicholson, with good copy in a very good dustwrapper, 262. LONDONDERRY, The Marchioness calligraphic text below. A very good copy with some wear to the spine ends and cor- of [STEWART, Edith] THE MAGIC INK- indeed, slightly dusty. This copy issued ners. [35358] £45 POT Macmillan,1928. without the blank leaves between the text Charming drawings capture the mood of New First edition. 8vo. Red cloth gilt. Sixteen pages. [34474] £2,250 York City, “the most fascinating fairyland on earth.” colour illustrations by Edmond Brock and This is the second of Nicholson’s books for chil- Margaret Stewart. A near fine copy, bright and clean, contemporary gift inscription

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A Group Of Original Watercol- ours From The Archive of Illustrator Hilda Miller

MILLER, Hilda T. FAIRIES BY MOONLIGHT 267. Original ink and watercolour on pa- MILLER, Hilda T. per. 23 X 42cm. Signed in the lower right BlueBells at Sauncey Wood . hand corner. [34476] £2,500 269. Original pencil and watercolour on paper. 32 x 21cm. Signed in the lower right hand corner. In very good, bright condition. [34552] £2,250

268. MILLER, Hilda T. ARTIST’S WA- TERCOLOUR SKETCH BOOK Entitled “Holliday Sketches” of Devon and Hert- fordshire Unpublished, c.1925. A large scrapbook style booklet of brown art paper containing a series of eight orig- inal watercolour paintings of landscapes. Each image approx. 270 x 180mm. One landscape is affixed to the upper cover. The six water colours from Devon are views of Appledore, Instow, Bideford Bridge and Croyde Bay. In addition are two views from Dunstable and Lemsford, Herts. All paintings in excellent condition. [35468] £850 PROVENANCE: From the artist’s estate, not previously offered for sale.

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MILLER, Hilda T. DOZING ON THE BRANCHES c.1925. 271. Original ink and watercolour on board. Signed in the lower right hand corner. Image size 15.5 x 18.8cm. In very good, bright condition. [34816] £1,950

MILLER, Hilda T. FAIRIES ON A BRANCH . 270. Original ink and watercolour on paper. 35 X 25cm. Signed in the lower left hand corner. [34469] £2,500

MILLER, Hilda T. LUCY [1927]. 272. Original ink and watercolour on board. Used as the upper cover design for Walter de La Mare’s Lucy, in 1927. 15 x 21cm. In very good, condition. [34815] £1,950

273. MILLER, Hilda T. ARTIST’S WA- TERCOLOUR SKETCH BOOK Unpub- lished, 1933. A large scrapbook containing twenty orig- inal watercolour paintings of landscapes. Each image approx.220 x 140mm. Coastal scene from Madeira, plus views of Scottish Lochs, including St Mary’s, Loch Lomond and Loch Fyne. All paintings in excellent condition. [35469] £1,500

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Two Original Kay Nielsen Watercolours from “In Powder and Crinoline” 1913

NIELSEN, Kay “LIST, AH LIST TO THE ZEPHYR IN THE GROVE” 274. Original pen, ink, watercolour and wash heightened with gold and graphite. 270x310mm. Signed and dated ([19]13) in the lower left corner. A fine, beautifully characteristic piece in excellent condition with a couple of faint spots in the yellow sky. Mounted and framed. [35261] £50,000

LITERATURE: In Powder and Crinoline edited by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (Hodder & Stoughton, 1913), p.52.

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NIELSEN, Kay “PRINCE BISMARCK DISCOVERING THE SOLDIER” 275. Original pen, ink, watercolour and wash heightened with gold and graphite. 270x305mm. Signed and dated (1913) in the upper right corner. A fine and detailed piece in perfect condition complete with original frame and backing board with the Original Leices- ter Galleries label and exhibition notice pasted to the rear. [35260] £50,000 Nielsen produced 26 watercolours for In Powder & Crinoline to illustrate seven fairy tales chosen by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. This watercolour illustrates the story, “The Czarina’s Violet”.

LITERATURE: In Powder and Crinoline edited by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (Hodder & Stoughton, 1913)

PROVENANCE: “Exhibition of Works by Kay Nielsen” at The Leicester Galleries, December 1913 (item 30); S. Humphries Esq (original purchaser).

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276. NIELSEN, Kay EAST OF THE SUN 278. POGANY, Willy THE CHILDREN Housed in the original printed Liber- AND WEST OF THE MOON Old Tales AT THE POLE By Lionel Fable Harrap, ty & Co. envelope. Eight tipped in col- from the North Hodder & Stoughton, [1914]. our plates, line drawings and decorative 1914. First edition. 15.cm x 13.5cm. Fold out borders. In very good condition indeed, First edition. Number 80 of 500 Deluxe panorama style book with paper covered slight spotting. The envelope with some copies signed by Nielsen. Publisher’s boards illustrated in colour. Sixteen col- edge wear. A delightful piece of ephem- vellum with gilt lettering and gilt decora- our plates, two page map and on the re- era. [34793] £95 tive panel with blue border. Top edge gilt verse fourteen pages of story. A near fine and others untrimmed. Pictorial endpa- copy of this ephemeral item. [34655] £225 281. RACKHAM, Arthur; KING, Jessie M. pers illustrated in black silhouettes and et al LITTLEDOM CASTLE George Rout- gold designs. Twenty-five colour plates 279. POGANY, Willy TANNHAUSER ledge & Sons Ltd., 1903 mounted on Japon, all perfect, under their CALENDAR FOR 1915 Liberty & Co. Second impression. Chunky 8vo. Purple captioned tissue guards. There are also [1914]1915. cloth heavily embellished and lettered in a number of black and white drawings, A really delightful production. 210mm gilt on the spine and upper cover. All edg- chapter headings and decorative borders. x 150mm. Card covers with colour plate es gilt. Colour frontis by Hugh Thomson, A near fine copy, with slight bowing to pasted on upper cover and ribbon tie. plus numerous line drawings by Arthur the boards and pushing to the spine ends. Housed in the original printed Liberty Rackham, Jessie King, Kate Greenaway Very faint ochre marks to the endpapers. & Co. envelope. Eight tipped in colour and others. A beautiful copy of a charm- An excellent example of this most cele- plates, line drawings, decorative borders ing set of fairy stories.[35794] £125 brated of illustrated books. [35184] and initials. In fine condition. A delightful £8,500 piece of ephemera. [34657] £225 282. RACKHAM, Arthur; KIPLING, Rud- yard PUCK OF POOK’S HILL Double- 277. PIENKOWSKI, Jan TYPED LETTER 280. POGANY, Willy AN OMAR day, 1906. SIGNED WITH ORIGINAL DRAWING KHAYYAM CALENDAR FOR 1918 Lib- First American edition of this book, pub- 1984. erty & Co., 1918. lished at the same time as the UK edi- Typed letter from Pienkowski with his A really delightful production. 215mm tion. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 8vo. signature and a drawing of a tortoise in x 150mm. Card covers with colour plate Green cloth with gilt titles and decoration black felt tip. [35566] £85 pasted on upper cover and ribbon tie. stamped in black to the upper cover. Top edge gilt and other edges untrimmed.

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Four colour plates by Rackham. A very ings and endings. A fine copy. [34962] gilt lettering and vignettes to upper cover good copy. [35277] £150 £1,850 and spine. Endpapers have a purple line drawing of a fairy queen and her elfin 283. RACKHAM, Arthur; SHAKE- 285. RACKHAM, Arthur AESOP’S FA- helpers. Pictorial endpapers. There are SPEARE, William A MIDSUMMER BLES Includes an introduction by G.K. twelve colour plates with printed captions NIGHT’S DREAM William Heinemann, Chesterton Heinemann, 1912. below, each mounted onto brown art pa- 1908 First Rackham edition. Edition de Luxe, per, two plates with corner creases. There First edition with illustrations by Arthur no. 34 of 1450 copies, signed by Arthur are also many black and white drawings, Rackham. 4to. Tan cloth with gilt lettering Rackham. Large 4to. Full white buckram some full page. A very good copy indeed, and vignette to upper cover. Forty tipped with gilt titles and vignettes on upper some offsetting to the endpapers and a in colour plates, mounted on art paper, cover and spine. Top edge gilt and others few pages badly opened, though general- under captioned tissue guards. Profusely edges untrimmed. Thirteen colour plates ly a bright copy. [35459] £395 illustrated with charming line drawings mounted onto brown art paper and pro- Grimm’s fairy tales including Snow-white and throughout. A near fine copy, just slight tected by captioned tissue guards and 53 Rose Red; Thumbling’s Travels etc. tape ghosting to endpapers. [35787] £600 black and white drawings. A near fine ex- ample. The buckram unusually clean and 287. RACKHAM, Arthur SOME BRITISH 284. RACKHAM, Arthur UNDINE by bright and contents beautifully crisp. All BALLADS Constable, [1919]. De La Motte- Fouque, adapted from Ger- plates perfect and clear. Loosely inserted First edition. 4to. Blue cloth with gilt titles man by W.L. Courtney Heinemann, 1909. is the Leicester Galleries exhibition notice, and vignettes. Pictorial endpapers show First edition. Number 587 of 1000 Deluxe announcing an exhibition of the origi- a knight on his charger drawn in silhou- copies, on hand made paper. Signed by nal water-colour drawings for the book. ette. The sixteen colour plates are mount- Arthur Rackham. Large 4to. Publisher’s [35017] £2,250 ed under plain tissue guards (one tissue full white vellum binding with gilt titles Contains upwards of 250 fables and morals. with a small hole) and there are numerous and gilt stamped decoration to upper black and white drawings in the text. A cover and spine. Top edge gilt and others 286. RACKHAM, Arthur; GRIMM Broth- very bright copy in near fine condition. untrimmed. Original gold silk ties. Fifteen ers LITTLE BROTHER AND LITTLE [34856] £185 colour plates mounted onto brown art SISTER and Other Tales by the Brothers A charming collection of ballads and stories. paper and protected by captioned tissue Grimm Constable, 1917. guards. Line drawings as chapter head- First edition thus. 4to. Green cloth with

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288. RACKHAM, Arthur; GRIMM, Broth- 290. RACKHAM, Arthur PETER PAN IN 292. RACKHAM, Arthur; IRVING, Wash- ers HANSEL AND GRETHEL and Other KENSINGTON GARDENS by J.M. Bar- ington RIP VAN WINKLE Heinemann, Tales by the Brothers Grimm Constable, rie Hodder & Stoughton, [c.1927]. 1931. 1920 Early edition of J.M. Barrie’s tale with Reprint. A near fine copy in original print- First edition thus. 4to. Blue cloth with gilt Rackham’s illustrations. Square 8vo. Red ed dustwrapper. Original green cloth with lettering and vignettes, covers extremely cloth with gilt lettering and gilt vignette lettering in green. Fifty-one colour plates bright. Twenty colour plates are mounted of Peter on a Toadstool playing the pan mounted under captioned tissue guards. onto stiff cream paper and there are 28 line pipes. Endpapers show the map of Kens- A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. drawings, some magnificent images ac- ington Gardens and there are 16 mounted [35466] company these classic fairy stories. A near colour plates with tissue guards. A very £350 fine copy, small bump to upper corner. good copy indeed. Neat contemporary Stories include: Hansel and Grethel, Ra- gift inscription to front endpaper. [35240] 293. RACKHAM, Arthur; WALTON, punzel, Tom Thumb and Rumpelstiltskin £185 Izaak THE COMPLEAT ANGLER Or and other favourites. [35785] £350 The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Be- 291. RACKHAM, Arthur; IRVING, Wash- ing a discourse of rivers, fishponds, fish 289. RACKHAM, Arthur; MILTON, John ington THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOL- and fishing not unworthy the perusal of COMUS Heinemann, [1921]. LOW Harrap, 1928. most anglers. Harrap, 1931. First edition illustrated by Arthur Rack- First Rackham edition. 4to. Green cloth, First edition illustrated by Arthur Rack- ham. 4to. Green cloth with gilt lettering with gilt lettering and vignette to the up- ham. 4to. Dark blue boards with gilt let- and vignettes in the original pictorial per cover. Top edge gilt. In the pictorial tering and vignettes. Pictorial dustwrap- dustwrapper. Pictorial endpapers and 24 dustwrapper, which has a colour illustra- per with colour plate on the upper cover. tipped in colour plates, plus lots of line tion on the upper wrapper which is not Pictorial endpapers decorated with sil- drawings. The dustwrapper is fully illus- included in the book. Pictorial endpapers houettes. Twelve colour plates under cap- trated with a wraparound colour scene, depict a double page colour scene, pictori- tioned tissue guards and numerous black which does not appear in the book. A very al title page, 8 colour plates and many line and white drawings. A near fine copy good copy indeed, spine gilt oxidised as drawings. A very good copy indeed of the of the book, neat ownership signature to usual in a very good dustwrapper, with book in a very good+ dustwrapper, which pastedown, in a very good dustwrapper, some light edge wear. [35461] £750 is complete, a little spotted and faded to which is bright and clean with a tiny chip the spine. [35460] £450 to the rear panel. [34718] £350

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294. RACKHAM, Arthur; WALTON, Izaac THE COMPLEAT ANGLER Harrap, 1931. First edition illustrated by Rackham. In the publisher’s “special” binding of full dark green leather, with gilt titles, spine vignette and gilt rules. Top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers showing silhouettes. Twelve colour plates under captioned tissue guards and numerous black and white drawings. A near fine copy of this charmingly illustrated version of Wal- ton’s angling classic. Clean and crisp with slight rubs to spine ends. [34845] £375

295. RACKHAM, Arthur; ANDERSEN, Hans Christian FAIRY TALES BY HANS ANDERSEN Harrap, 1932. First Rackham edition. 4to. Red cloth with gilt lettering and vignettes to the spine RACKHAM, Arthur and upper cover. In the rare pictorial ORIGINAL INK AND WATERCOLOUR DRAWING dustwrapper. Pictorial endpapers with FOR HANS ANDERSEN’S THE SNOW QUEEN illustration in silhouette. Twelve colour plates and numerous line drawings by Ar- 297. 1932. An original pen, ink and watercolour painting, published in Hans Anders- thur Rackham. A near fine copy in a very en’s Fairy Tales, 1932. Signed in the lower right hand corner. The image is in very good good+ dustwrapper, which is bright and condition indeed. [35259] £15,000 clean, with a couple of closed tears and PROVENANCE: Exhibited Leicester Galleries October 1932; Fine Art Society, 1972 and Sheffield some dustiness. [35463] £750 City Art Gallery, 1980 - labels to rear. The Snow Queen; The Little Match Girl; The Ugly Duckling; The Tinder-Box; The Little Mer- maid; The Emperor’s New Clothes and others.

296. RACKHAM, Arthur; IBSEN, Henrik PEER GYNT A Dramatic Poem George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1936. First Rackham edition. 4to. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and vignettes. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, which has a wraparound Rackham illustration, not featured elsewhere. Pictorial endpa- pers with Rackham designs in silhouette. 12 colour plates under captioned tissue guards, and many small line drawings. A near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. [35464] £450

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302. ROBINSON, Charles; CESARESCO, Countess THE FAIRIES FOUNTAIN And Other Stories Arnold Fairbairns & Co. Ltd., 1908. First edition. 8vo. Blue cloth lettered in gilt with gilt vignettes. Top edge gilt. Pictori- al endpapers. Three colour frontis, fifteen full page line drawings plus chapter head- ings and tailpieces by Charles Robinson. A very good copy, ownership inscription on the front free endpaper and some mot- tling to the cloth. A scarce Robinson title. [35359] £195

303. ROBINSON, William Heath; KING- SLEY, Charles THE WATER-BABIES Con- stable, 1915. First edition illustrated by William Heath 298. READE, Charles THE CLOISTER 300. ROBINSON, Charles; CANTON, Robinson. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt let- AND THE HEARTH A Tale of the Middle William [Editor] THE TRUE ANNALS tering and decoration. Eight colour plates Ages W & R Chambers Ltd., [1912]. OF FAIRY LAND IN THE REIGN OF and many black and white plates and First edition illustrated by Browne. 4to. KING HERLA J.M. Dent & Co., [1900]. line drawings by Heath Robinson. A very Blue cloth with pictorial onlay on the up- First edition. 8vo. Blue cloth lettered and good copy, previous gift inscription on the per cover and elaborate gilt lettering and decorated in gilt. All edges gilt. Pictorial front free endpaper, occasional foxing and decoration on the upper cover and spine. endpapers. Colour frontis and title page front hinge slightly tender. [35270] £225 Top edge gilt. Twenty colour illustrations plus numerous line drawings, some full and numerous line drawings by Gordon page, by Charles Robinson. A very good 304. ROBINSON, William Heath; Browne. A very good copy indeed, a little copy indeed, spine gilt a little dulled. KIPLING, Rudyard A SONG OF THE spotting to the preliminaries, and scratch [35360] £175 ENGLISH Hodder & Stoughton, [1909]. mark to the pictorial onlay, but generally First edition. Large 4to. Deluxe issue. No. clean and bright. [35415] £30 301. ROBINSON, Charles THE BIG 0000 of 500 copies, numbered and signed BOOK OF FABLES Edited by Walter Jer- by the illustrator, William Heath Robinson. 299. ROBINSON, W. H.; STRATTON, rold. Blackie, 1912. Full white vellum with striking decoration Helen, et al THE ARABIAN NIGHTS First edition, deluxe issue in bound in full in red and gold to upper cover and spine. ENTERTAINMENTS George Newnes Ltd., white buckram and with tipped in plates. Top edge gilt and others untrimmed, lacks 1899. 4to. 294pp. White buckram with gilt let- the silk ties. Thirty mounted colour plates First edition with these illustrations. 4to. tering and decoration. Top edge gilt. Col- under captioned tissue guards, all from Blue pictorial cloth with bevelled edges. our frontis and 27 other colour plates all wonderfully evocative watercolours and Gilt lettering on the spine and upper cov- mounted onto grey art paper and protect- fifty black and white drawings to accom- er. All edges gilt. With several hundred ed by tissue guards. There are also a large pany the poetry. A stunning book which black and white illustrations by William number of black and white drawings both combines marvellous poetry with superb Heath Robinson, Helen Stratton, A. D. Mc- full page and in the text. A fine copy, two book production, one of the truly magnif- Cormick, A. L. Davis and A. E. Norbury. A tiny corner creases to the tipped in plates, icent gift books. This copy is in near fine very good copy indeed of this charmingly else gleaming. [35467] £1,450 condition, the vellum is bright, with just a illustrated book. [35316] £125 hint of dustiness. Protected by the original Ali Baba, Aladdin and Sindbad, amongst many slipcase. [34590] £1,500 others.

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ILLUMINATED RUBAIYAT 306. SEARLE, Ronald; DICKENS, Charles 308. STRATTON, Helen; ANDERSEN, 305. SANGORSKI, G. & SUTCLIFFE, F. A CHRISTMAS CAROL Perpetua, 1961 Hans Christian FAIRY TALES OF HANS RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM Trans- First Searle illustrated edition. 4to. Red ANDERSEN Archibald Constable & Co. lated by Edward Fitzgerald and with In- cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and Ltd., [c1912]. troduction by A.C. Benson. Siegle, Hill & upper cover, in a pictorial dustwrapper. Charmingly illustrated edition of Ander- Co., [1910]. Wonderfully illustrated by Searle with sen’s fairy tales. 8vo. Pictorial cloth illus- First Deluxe edition, number 529 of 550 double page colour plates, colour scenes trated in colour. Endpapers with mer- copies, printed on hand made paper and on the endpapers and many black and maid design, colour frontis and title page, signed by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Fo- white drawings, some full page. A near plus lots of black and white illustrations lio. Full white vellum with elaborate gilt fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. by Helen Stratton. A very good copy, own- decoration to the upper cover, depicting A marvellous interpretation of Dickens’ ership name on the half title. [35310] £125 a very regal looking peacock. Gilt embel- classic tale. [35784] £85 Stories include, Little Match Girl, The Real lishments to the spine and an olive green Princess, The Little Mermaid, The Ice-Maiden, spine label lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt 307. SMITH, Jessie Willcox; KINGSLEY, The Tinder Box and others. and others untrimmed. Frontispiece and Charles THE WATER BABIES Hodder & 309. STUDDY, G.E. BONZO CHRIST- title page illuminated in full colour. Ten Stoughton, [1916]. MAS CARD Valentine, [c1930]. other colour illuminations. The text is First U.K. edition. 4to. Blue cloth with gilt A charming Christmas Card of blue tex- beautifully printed in red and black. Dec- lettering and illustration. In the original tured card, printed with the words “Warm orative initials are in red and gold. A near dustwrapper which has a colour plate Wishes for Christmas” below a colour fine copy. [35616] £2,500 on the upper cover. Twelve colour plates drawing of Bonzo eating an ice cream sun- The lavish decoration and sumptuous embel- mounted under captioned tissue guards dae. Inside is a further printed sheet with lishments give this the feel of a medieval man- and numerous line drawings in the text. a quote from Dickens and printed greet- uscript. A fabulous production of this most fa- A very good copy, plates perfect, cloth ing, held together by original cord tie. A mous of philosophical love poems. bright and scattered foxing throughout. very good example. [35682] £45 The original dustwrapper shows a little wear to the edges but remains an attrac- tive example. [34717] £400

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310. SHAKESPEARE, William THE MER- 312. SHAKESPEARE, William; SIM- 314. SHAKESPEARE, William: THOM- CHANT OF VENICE Hodder & Stoughton, MONDS, W.G. HAMLET Hodder & SON, Hugh AS YOU LIKE IT Hodder & [1910]. Stoughton, [1910]. Stoughton, [1909]. First edition with illustrations by James First edition, Edition de Luxe illustrated First edition illustrated by Hugh Thom- Linton. Edition de Luxe, one of 500 copies by W.G. Simmonds. One of only 250 cop- son. 4to. Green cloth with gilt lettering signed by the artist, this copy numbered ies of which this is number 29 signed by and vignettes. Forty colour plates mount- 0000. Large 4to. Full white vellum, with the artist, Simmonds. Large 4to. In the ed under captioned tissue guards. A near lettering and vignette to upper cover in original publisher’s full white vellum, fine copy of this beautiful book, very gilt. Top edge gilt and others untrimmed. with vignettes and titles embossed in gilt. bright and attractive, boards very slightly Thirty six mounted colour plates under Top edge gilt and others untrimmed. Silk bowed and a gift inscription to the verso captioned tissue guards. A near fine copy, ties lacking as usual. Thirty colour plates of the front free endpaper. [35317] £225 covers slightly bowed and small square mounted under captioned tissue guards of offsetting to verso of one plate mount. (one plate with tiny corner turn). A near 315. SHAKESPEARE, William; THOM- [35387] £650 fine copy, slight bowing to covers. [35389] SON, Hugh THE MERRY WIVES OF £950 WINDSOR Heinemann, 1910. 311. SHAKESPEARE, William; ROBIN- First edition illustrated by Thomson. Edi- SON, William Heath TWELFTH NIGHT 313. SHAKESPEARE, William; THOM- tion de Luxe, number 62 of 350 copies, Or Do What You Will Hodder & Stoughton, SON, Hugh SHAKESPEARE’S COM- signed by Hugh Thomson. 4to. Original [1908]. EDY OF AS YOU LIKE IT Hodder and white vellum with gilt embossed letter- First Hugh Thomson edition. Edition de Stoughton, [1910]. ing and vignettes. Forty tipped in colour Luxe, number 145 of 350 copies signed by First edition, Deluxe issue. Large 4to. plates mounted onto art paper protected the artist. Full white vellum with gilt let- Number 153 of 500 copies, signed by by captioned tissue guards. A very good tering and decoration. Covers are bright Hugh Thomson. Full white vellum with copy, a little dustiness and some foxing. and clean, if a little bowed. The top edge lettering and decoration in gilt. Top edge [35390] £450 is gilt and the others are untrimmed, silk gilt and others untrimmed. Forty mount- ties present, but fragile. Forty colour ed colour plates under captioned tissue 316. SHAKESPEARE, William; THOM- plates mounted onto art paper, all plates guards. A near fine copy, slightly bowed, SON, Hugh THE MERRY WIVES OF are perfect under captioned tissue guards. retains one silk ribbon though precarious- WINDSOR Frederick Stokes & Co., 1910. A very good copy indeed. [35388] £1,200 ly attached. [35386] £550 First American edition illustrated by

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Thomson. 4to. Maroon cloth, lettered of this charming gift book, spine a trifle “Let school-masters puzzle their brain, With and decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt. For- darkened. [35769] £225 grammar, and nonsense, and learning; Good ty tipped in colour plates mounted onto liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a bet- art paper protected by captioned tissue 319. THOMSON, Hugh ; BARRIE, J.M. ter discerning.” guards. A near fine copy. [35765] £150 QUALITY STREET A Comedy in Four Acts Hodder & Stoughton, [1913]. 321. THOMSON, Hugh; GOLDSMITH, 317. SHAKESPEARE, W.; FOLKARD, First edition with illustrations by Thom- Oliver SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER Charles THE CHILDREN’S SHAKE- son. Large 4to. Purple cloth elaborately Hodder & Stoughton, [1912]. SPEARE Dent & Sons Ltd., 1911 stamped in gilt on the upper cover and First edition illustrated by Thomson. First edition. 8vo. Pictorial green cloth spine. Pictorial endpapers, illustrated title Large 4to. Gilt titles and embossed deco- with gilt lettering on the spine and upper page, twenty two mounted colour plates ration. Twenty five tipped in colour plates cover. Pictorial endpapers. Twenty one under captioned tissue guards and nu- within decorative borders. A very good colour illustrations by Charles Folkard. merous line drawings in the text. A very copy, some foxing to the preliminaries and Chapter headings and tail pieces in line. good copy, bright and attractive with light sporadically throughout. Loosely inserted A very good copy indeed.[34002] £350 spotting to the half title. [35318] £95 is the The Leicester Galleries Exhibition The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, notice. [35766] £75 The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet, King Lear, A 320. THOMSON, Hugh; BARRIE, J.M. Winter’s Tale, Othello, Macbeth and more. QUALITY STREET A Comedy in Four 322. THOMSON, Hugh; SHERIDAN, Acts by J.M. Barrie Hodder & Stoughton, Richard Brinsley THE SCHOOL FOR 318. THACKERAY, William Makepeace [c1915]. SCANDAL Hodder & Stoughton, [1911]. VANITY FAIR Hodder & Stoughton, Early gift edition. 8vo. Blue cloth with First Hugh Thomson edition. 4to. Lilac [1913]. gilt design, in original printed dustwrap- cloth elaborately decorated and lettered First edition illustrated by Lewis Baumer. per with pictorial onlay. Eighteen tipped in gilt. This copy protected by the origi- 4to. Grey cloth with gilt lettering, and an in colour illustrations by Hugh Thomson, nal card box. Pictorial endpapers. Twen- oval colour onlay depicting Becky Sharp plus many line drawings. A very good ty five tipped in colour illustrations and framed in gilt on the upper cover. Picto- copy indeed in a very good dustwrapper, many line drawings in the text. A very rial endpapers. Twenty colour plates are which is clean and handsome, with some good copy indeed, in rather battered box. £150 mounted under captioned tissue guards, strengthening to wear to at the corners. [35429] A social satire. all plates are perfect. A very good copy [35768] £50

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333. HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel; THOM- printed on hand made paper. 8vo. Origi- SON, Hugh THE SCARLET LETTER A Private Press nal publisher’s quarter tan morocco over Romance Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1920 marbled boards in matching slipcase. Top 335. [GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS] LET- First edition illustrated by Hugh Thom- edge gilt, others uncut. Five engravings TERS OF MARIA EDGEWORTH AND son. 4to. Blue cloth elaborately lettered by Dorothea Braby, printed in green and ANN LETITIA BARBAULD Selected and decorated in gilt on the spine and up- brown. A fine copy. [34703] £150 from the Lushington Papers and Edited per cover. Top edge gilt. Thirty one tipped by Walter Sidney Scott. Golden Cockerel in colour plates by Hugh Thomson, under 337. [GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS] THE Press, 1953. captioned tissue guard. A very good copy SAGA OF LLYWARCH THE OLD A Re- First edition, number 19 of 60 signed cop- indeed, some spotting and browning to construction by Glyn Jones, with the Verse ies, printed on mould made paper and half title. [35807] £120 Interludes translated by Dr T. J. Morgan, specially bound. 8vo. Original publisher’s and an Introduction by Sir Ifor Williams quarter white sheepskin over ‘cloth of 334. WHISTLER, Rex FAIRY TALES AND Golden Cockerel Press, 1955. gold’ by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, lettered LEGENDS BY HANS ANDERSEN Cob- First edition, number 58 of 60 specially in gilt on the spine. All edges gilt. Signed den-Sanderson, 1935. bound copies printed on hand made pa- by Scott and Sandford on the limitation First edition illustrated by Rex Whistler. per from a total edition of 200. 8vo. Orig- page. Fourteen hand coloured drawings 8vo. Deluxe issue in full white buckram inal publisher’s full unbleached moroc- by Lettice Sandford. A near fine copy of with elaborate gilt decoration. Signed by co, lettered in gilt on the spine and with an uncommon item, spine slightly tanned. Whistler on the half title. All edges gilt. gilt vignettes to the covers. Top edge gilt, Housed in a custom made clamshell box. Decorative endpapers. Illustrated in black others uncut. In original publisher’s slip- [34702] £350 and white, with many delightful drawings case. Prospectus for the Saga loosely laid in the text and 10 full page illustrations. A in. Marbled endpapers. Five engravings 336. [GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS] THE handsome copy, in bright fine condition. by Dorothea Braby, printed in green and SAGA OF LLYWARCH THE OLD A Re- [35193] £650 brown. A very good copy indeed, spine One of 250 copies of the deluxe edition. Stories construction by Glyn Jones, with the Verse tanned, in slipcase. [34712] £300 include: The Emperor’s new Clothes; The Lit- Interludes translated by Dr T. J. Morgan, tle Match Girl; The Little Mermaid; The Tinder and an Introduction by Sir Ifor Williams 338. COPPARD, A.E. TAPSTER’S TAPES- Box; The Real Princess and The Snow Queen. Golden Cockerel Press, 1955. TRY Golden Cockerel Press, 1938. First edition, number 172 of 200 copies Unlimited edition. 8vo. Orange cloth, let-

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tered in gilt on the spine, in pictorial dust- TER ERRAND Collins, 1945. wrapper. Top edge gilt. Wood engravings Modern First Editions First edition. A near fine copy (owner’s by Gwenda Morgan. A near fine copy, 341. BLOOMFIELD, B.C. PHILIP inscription), in a near fine dustwrapper. bumps to the corners, in a near fine, price LARKIN A Bibliography, 1933 - 1976 [35154] £40 £60 clipped dustwrapper. [34713] Faber,1979. First edition. Frontispiece reproduces a 346. CHEYNEY, Peter UNEASY TERMS 339. [GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS]; photograph of Larkin by Rollie McKenna. Collins, 1946. POWYS, Theodore Francis GOAT A very good copy in dustwrapper [35350] First edition. Tan cloth in pictorial dust- GREEN Or The Better Gift Golden Cockerel £15 wrapper. A near fine copy, previous own- Press, 1937. er’s name on front endpaper, in a near fine First edition, number 1 of 150 copies 342. BUSH, Christopher THE CASE OF dustwrapper. [35150] £35 printed on hand made paper. 8vo. Origi- THE CURIOUS CLIENT Macdonald & Co., nal publisher’s quarter green morocco by Ltd., 1947. 347. CHEYNEY, Peter DANCE WITH- Sangorski and Sutcliffe, lettered in gilt. First edition. Black boards lettered in gilt, OUT MUSIC Collins, 1947. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Signed by in pictorial dustwrapper. A near fine copy, First edition. A very good copy indeed, Powys on the limitation page. Five wood contemporary inscription on the front free previous owner’s name on front endpa- engravings by Gwenda Morgan. A near endpaper, in a very good dustwrapper. per, in a very good dustwrapper indeed. fine copy, usual tanning to the spine, but [35163] £95 [35151] £35 generally clean and bright. [34701] £500 A Ludovic Travers mystery. 348. CONRAD, Joseph TYPHOON and 340. MORRIS, William THE TALE OF 342. CHARTERIS, Leslie THE SAINT Other Stories Heinemann, 1903. KING FLORUS AND THE FAIR JEHANE STEPS IN Hodder & Stoughton, 1944. First UK edition. Original black cloth, let- Kelmscott Press, 1893 First edition. Blue boards lettered in black, tered in gilt, and with a gilt vignette to the First edition, one of only 350 copies. Orig- in pictorial dustwrapper. A very good upper cover. A very good copy indeed, inal binding of hessian spine and blue copy, contemporary inscription on the previous owner’s name on the half title, paper covered board lettered in black. front free endpaper, in a good dustwrap- minor foxing to the page edges and small Handmade paper and beautiful printing. per which has a long repaired tear to the bookplate to the front paste down. Slight Pictorial title page and decorative frontis- upper panel. [35172] £35 wear to the corners but gilt still bright. piece. A fine copy. [30870] £1,500 [35212] £400 343. CHARTERIS, Leslie THE SAINT ON GUARD Hodder & Stoughton, 1945. First edition. A near fine copy (owner’s inscription on front endpaper) in a near fine dust- wrapper. [35124] £65

344. CHEYNEY, Peter I’LL SAY SHE DOES Collins, 1945. First edition. A very good copy, previous inscription cut away from front endpaper, In a very good+ dustwrapper. [35152] £25

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349. CONRAD, Joseph THE SECRET 352. CHRISTIE, Agatha AFTER THE FU- author with his signature below. A very AGENT Methuen, 1907. NERAL Collins, 1953. good copy, general light wear to the ex- First edition, first issue with inserted ads First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust- terior, some chipping to the enamel and dated September 1907. Original red cloth, wrapper, which is bright and crisp with light bubbling to the cloth. Internally in with gilt titles and decoration to spine. A just a hint of tanning to the spine. [35726] very good order. [35486] £1,750 near fine copy, with bright cloth and just a £250 A work of Hermeticism and Magick. little wear and an inconspicuous splash to the base of the spine. Bookplate to paste- 353. CHRISTIE, Agatha; PHILLIPS 355. CRANE, Frances THE APPLE- down and some foxing to the prelims, but OPPENHEIM, E. UNDER DOG and GREEN CAT A Mystery Novel Hammond, generally very clean. [34951] £2,500 BLACKMAN’S WOOD Reader’s Library, Hammond & Co. Ltd., 1945. [1929]. First edition. Blue cloth, lettered in dark 350. CHRISTIE, Agatha THE SEVEN DI- First edition. 12mo. Burgundy boards let- blue, in pictorial dustwrapper. A near ALS MYSTERY Collins, 1929. tered and decorated in gilt, in stylish pic- fine copy, contemporary inscription to the First edition. Publisher’s black cloth let- torial dustwrapper. A near fine copy, in front free endpaper and spine showing tered in red. A very good copy indeed a very good dustwrapper indeed, which some fading through the dustwrapper, in with a faded spine and a little wear to the has a short closed tear to the spine end a near fine dustwrapper, light rubbing to spine ends. Ownership inscription to the and small nicks to the corners, but gener- the spine ends. [35164] £125 front endpaper. [35139] £300 ally remains clean and bright. [35691] £400 356. FARJEON, J. Jefferson BLACK CAS- 351. CHRISTIE, Agatha ONE, TWO, An Hercule Poirot short story. TLE Collins Crime Club, 1944. BUCKLE MY SHOE Collins, 1940. First edition. A near fine copy (owner’s First edition. Original red cloth in pictori- 354. CROWLEY, Aleister KONX OM PAX inscription), in a near fine dustwrapper. al dustwrapper. A very good copy with Essays in Light Walter Scott Publishing, [35155] £45 a faded spine and several splash marks to 1907. the covers in a very good (supplied) dust- First edition, number 7 of 500 copies. 8vo. 357. AMIS, Kingsley THE JAMES BOND wrapper which has been lined with rice Black buckram with Art Deco style design DOSSIER Cape, 1965 paper and has had some touching up to in white enamel featuring the book’s title First edition. 8vo. A fine book in a near corners and a small chip to the base of the in a tall, stretched lettering to a design by fine dustwrapper, just a couple of small spine. [34955] £850 the author. Frontispiece portrait of the nicks to edges. [35788] £150

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with just a trace of wear to the corners at the head of the spine and some very faint browning at the top of the otherwise very clean back panel. An exceptionally nice copy. [34950] (above) £20,000 The second James Bond novel.

361. FLEMING, Ian FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE Cape, 1957. First edition. A near fine copy, slightly dusty page edges, in a near fine dust- wrapper, which is crisp and complete, with some light staining to the corner of the rear panel. [34460] £3,000

358. FLEMING, Ian CASINO ROYALE 359. FLEMING, Ian LIVE AND LET DIE 362. FLEMING, Ian ON HER MAJESTY’S Cape, 1953. Cape, 1954. SECRET SERVICE Cape, 1963. First edition. Original black cloth with Second impression. A fine copy, owner- First edition. A fine copy, bump to one red heart vignette on upper cover and ti- ship inscription to the front endpaper ,in a corner in a near fine dustwrapper, which tles on the spine, in gun metal grey dust- very good dustwrapper, with some fading is very bright with light wear to the cor- wrapper designed by the author. A near to the spine and wear to the spine ends ners and spine ends. [35725] £500 fine copy, with a little foxing to the page and corners. [35244] (below) £1,500 edges in a near fine dustwrapper, which 363. FLEMING, Ian THE MAN WITH 360. FLEMING, Ian LIVE AND LET DIE shows a trace of wear to the head of the THE GOLDEN GUN Cape, 1965. Cape, 1954. spine and a touch of foxing to the back First edition. A fine copy in a near fine First edition, first state. Original black panel, remaining bright and crisp. [35508] dustwrapper, crisp and clean with just a cloth with gilt titles and vignette, in dust- £45,000 trace of wear to the corners at the head of The author’s first book and the first appearance wrapper. A fine copy in a very near fine the spine. [35744] £350 of James Bond. dustwrapper, unusually crisp and bright,

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364. FRASER, George MacDonald ROY- First edition. Original orange cloth in pic- First edition. Blue cloth in printed dust- AL FLASH Jenkins, 1970. torial dustwrapper. A near fine copy with wrapper and wraparound band. A very First edition. Red boards in pictorial dust- a bumped corner and ownership name to good copy in a very good dustwrapper wrapper. Map endpapers. A fine copy in front endpaper in a fine, crisp dustwrap- indeed, complete with the book society a very nearly fine dustwrapper, which is per. [35143] £65 wraparound band. Both book and dust- unusually bright and unfaded, with just jacket with some light foxing. [35494] a trace of wear to the extremities. [35696] 368. GOLDING, William THE SCORPI- £750 £450 ON GOD Three Short Novels Faber and The author’s first book,. The second and most difficult of the Flashman Faber, 1971. novels to find in fine condition. First edition. Pale green boards, lettered 371. HUXLEY, Aldous THE DEFEAT OF in gilt, in pictorial dustwrapper. A near YOUTH Blackwell, 1918. 365. GARDNER, Erle Stanley THE CASE fine copy, some spotting to page edges, in First edition. Original patterned wrap- OF THE CARELESS KITTEN Cassell, a near fine dustwrapper. [35112] £45 pers with title labels to spine and upper 1944. cover. A very good copy with minor wear First edition. Red cloth lettered in black, in 369. GUNN, Victor DEATH ON SHIVER- to the edges and spine, some pages uncut. pictorial dustwrapper. A near fine book, ING SAND Collins, 1946. [35627] £250 owner’s inscription on front endpaper, in First edition. Maroon cloth lettered in sil- a near fine dustwrapper. [35125] £85 ver, in pictorial dustwrapper. A near fine 372. GREENE, Graham ENGLAND A Perry Mason Mystery. copy, contemporary inscription to the MADE ME Heinemann, 1935. front free endpaper and a corner crease First edition. Original red cloth with gilt 366. GILBERT, Anthony DEATH IN THE through the preliminaries, in a near fine titles to the spine. A near fine copy with a WRONG ROOM Collins, 1947. dustwrapper, short closed tear to the rear touch of fading to the spine. [35500] £850 First edition. Original orange cloth in pic- One of the author’s scarcest novels. panel [35161] £150 torial dustwrapper. A fine copy with an One of the Inspector “Ironsides” Cromwell se- ownership name to the front endpaper, in ries by Edwy Searles Brooks, written under the 373. GREENE, Graham THIS GUN FOR a near fine dustwrapper. [35142] £150 pseudonym Victor Gunn. HIRE Doubleday Doran, 1936. First edition. Original oatmeal cloth with 367. GILBERT, Anthony NO DUST IN 370. HUGHES, Ted THE HAWK IN THE green printed title labels to the spine in THE ATTIC Collins, 1962. RAIN Faber & Faber, 1957. pictorial dustwrapper. A fine copy in a

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very good dustwrapper, which is a lit- 376. GREENE, Graham THE LOST First edition. Original oatmeal cloth print- tle chipped to the head of the spine with CHILDHOOD and Other Essays Eyre & ed in dark green, in buff dustwrapper some wear to the base and a couple of Spottiswoode, 1951. printed in green. Author’s presentation closed tears. Red lettering to the spine First edition. Original oatmeal cloth titled copy inscribed to John and Gillian Sutro faded. [35479] £950 in gilt in pictorial dustwrapper. A fine on the front endpaper, “For John & Gillian First published in the US in June 1936, the copy in a fine bright dustwrapper with with love, this play that I don’t like. Gra- book was published a month later in the UK as one short closed tear to the rear panel, but ham.” A near fine, clean copy, in a near A Gun For Sale. The 1942 Film Noir, starring an unfaded spine. [35735] £300 fine dustwrapper with a trace of wear to Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake, used the original Greene’s first collection of literary criticism, in the spine ends and corners. [35506] £950 American title This Gun for Hire. which he looks at particular novels and nov- A fine association copy, inscribed by Greene to elists. Also comprises seven autobiographical some of his closest friends. 374. GREENE, Graham BRIGHTON essays. ROCK Viking, 1938. First edition. Original red and black cloth 377. GREENE, Graham THE QUIET lettered in silver, in pictorial dustwrapper. AMERICAN Heinemann, 1955. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper First edition. Original blue cloth with which has a closed tear to the base of the printed dustwrapper complete with red rear fold, but is generally clean and crisp wraparound band. A fine copy in fine with only a hint of wear to the corners, dustwrapper and band. [35496] £450 and a couple of small stains to the spine. A well preserved example. [35208] £2,500 378. GREENE, Graham OUR MAN IN The American edition precedes the British edi- HAVANA Heinemann, 1958. tion by about a month. First edition. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt, in the purple dustwrapper de- 375. GREENE, Graham BRIGHTON signed by Donald Green. A fine copy in ROCK Heinemann, 1938. a fine, crisp dustwrapper. A superb copy. First UK edition. Original red cloth. A [35728] £450 lovely fine, bright copy with the usual tan- 380. GREENE, Graham TRAVELS WITH ning to the page edges. [35734] £950 MY AUNT A Novel Bodley Head, 1969. 379. GREENE, Graham THE POTTING First edition. 8vo. Green cloth lettered in SHED Viking, 1957. gilt on the spine, in a pictori- al dustwrapper. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper, price clipped with slight wrinkling to the spine, remaining very bright and clean. [35637] £95

381. GREENE, Graham MON- SIGNOR QUIXOTE Bodley Head, 1982. First edition. Green cloth let- tered in gilt on the spine, in orig- inal dustwrapper. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper.[35695] £35

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382. GREENE, Graham MAY WE BOR- 386. ISHERWOOD, Christopher MR. 389. LITTLE, Conyth THE BLACK ROW YOUR HUSBAND and Other Com- NORRIS CHANGES TRAINS Hogarth STOCKING Collins Crime Club, 1947. edies of the Sexual Life Bodley Head, 1967 Press, 1935. First edition. Original red cloth in original First edition. Publisher’s green cloth let- First edition. Original green cloth in pic- pictorial dustwrapper. A near fine copy, tered in gilt, in pictorial dustwrapper. A torial yellow dustwrapper. A very good neat ownership inscription on front end- fine copy in a fine dustwrapper with some copy with the usual toning to the spine paper. In a near fine dustwrapper, with gentle fading to the spine. [35730] £85 and some foxing to the endpapers in a just light rubbing to corners. [35133] £75 very good dustwrapper indeed which just 383. GREENE, Graham THE END OF shows a little wear to the spine ends and 390. LORAC, E.C.R. THE THEFT OF THE THE AFFAIR Heinemann, 1951 tanning to the spine. [35481] £2,500 IRON DOGS Collins Crime Club, 1946. First edition. Original dark grey cloth in First edition. A near fine book, owner’s grey and white dustwrapper. A fine copy 387. LE CARRE, John SMILEY’S PEOPLE name to front endpaper, in a near fine in a fine (price clipped) dustwrapper. Hodder & Stoughton, 1980 dustwrapper, which is crisp and com- Crisp and unusually clean, a superb copy. First edition. A near fine copy in a very plete, but with spine orange almost totally [35568] £600 good dustwrapper indeed, with a trace of faded to yellow. [35119] £225 wear and a short closed tear to the base of 384. GREENE, Graham DOCTOR FIS- the front panel. [35213] £75 391. LORAC, E.C.R. RELATIVE TO POI- CHER OF GENEVA Reinhart, 1988. SON Collins Crime Club, 1947. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust- 388. LEE, Laurie CIDER WITH ROSIE First edition. A very good copy indeed in wrapper. [34643] £25 Hogarth Press, 1959. like dustwrapper. Previous owner’s in- First edition. Original green cloth in pic- scription on front endpaper and a couple 385. KING, Frank CATASTROPHE CLUB torial John Ward dustwrapper with scarce of short closed tears to the edges, a gener- Robert Hale Ltd., 1947. wraparound band. Line drawings by John ally bright copy. [35120] £195 First edition. A near fine copy, a contem- Ward. A fine copy in a near fine, price- porary inscription to the front free end- clipped, dustwrapper with part of the 392. MARSH, Ngaio DEATH AND THE paper, in a near fine dustwrapper, slight original wraparound band still present. DANCING FOOTMAN Collins, 1942. rubbing to the corners and spine ends. [35636] £350 First edition. A fine copy with an own- [35167] £125 ership name to front endpaper in a very good dustwrapper indeed, which is bright

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and crisp, but for a small chip from the fine dustwrapper, with a hint of tanning arth Press, 1983. base of the front panel and a little wear to to the spine. [34513] £60 First edition. A near fine copy, in a near the base of the spine. [35147] £450 fine dustwrapper. [34509] £45 397. MURDOCH, Iris AN ACCIDENTAL 393. MARSH, Ngaio FINAL CURTAIN MAN Chatto & Windus, 1971. 402. MURDOCH, Iris THE GOOD AP- Collins Crime Club, 1947. First edition. A near fine copy in a near PRENTICE Chatto & Windus/ The Hogarth First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth fine dustwrapper, light rubbing to the Press, 1985. in pictorial dustwrapper. Both book and head of the spine. [34510] £75 First edition. A fine copy (pages slightly dustwrapper in very good+ condition. browned as usual) in a fine dustwrapper. [35123] £75 398. MURDOCH, Iris HENRY AND [34470] £50 CATO Chatto & Windus, 1975. 394. MILLS, Woosnam BITING FOR- First edition. A very good copy, a few tiny 403. ORWELL, George THE LION AND TUNE Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd., 1939. marks to the boards, in a near fine, crisp, THE UNICORN Socialism and the Eng- First edition. A very good copy, contem- dustwrapper. [34472] £65 lish Genius Secker and Warburg, 1941. porary ownership name on the front free First edition. A very good copy indeed, endpaper, in a very good, price clipped, 399. MURDOCH, Iris THE SEA, THE previous owner’s name on the front end- dustwrapper. [35159] £225 SEA Chatto & Windus, 1978. paper. In a very good dustwrapper, light First edition. A near fine copy in a near wear to the spine ends and a little tanning 395. MURDOCH, Iris THE UNICORN fine dustwrapper. [34498] £95 to the spine. [34530] £250 Chatto & Windus, 1963. Winner of the Booker Prize. First edition. A very good copy, slight 404. RUSHDIE, Salman MIDNIGHT’S loss of colour to the base of the boards, 400. MURDOCH, Iris NUNS AND SOL- CHILDREN Cape, 1981. in a near fine, price clipped, dustwrapper DIERS Chatto & Windus, 1980. First edition. Original quarter cloth over which has a hint of rubbing to the corners First edition. Fine copy in a very near fine grey boards in pictorial dustwrapper. A but is bright and attractive. [34471] £95 dustwrapper, trace of dustiness to the fine copy in a fine dustwrapper, that just £30 white section. [34512] has a hint of dulling to the blue of the 396. MURDOCH, Iris THE RED AND spine. [35137] £950 THE GREEN Chatto & Windus, 1965. 401. MURDOCH, Iris THE PHILOSO- The author’s highlight and late twentieth cen- First edition. A near fine copy in a near PHER’S PUPIL Chatto & Windus/The Hog- tury classic. ‘Booker Prize of Booker Prizes’.

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SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR 408. STOUT, Rex THE SILENT SPEAKER 410. WAUGH, Evelyn A TOURIST IN 405. RUSHDIE, Salman THE SATANIC Collins Crime Club, 1947. AFRICA Chapman & Hall, 1960. VERSES Viking, 1988. First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth First edition. 8vo. Blue cloth in pictorial First edition. Original blue boards in in the original pictorial dustwrapper A dustwrapper. Black and white plates and dustwrapper. Signed by the author on very good copy indeed, with a small fad- frontis. A near fine copy in near fine, price the title page. A fine copy in a very good ed mark matching the short closed tear in clipped, dustwrapper. [35605] £85 dustwrapper with some fading to the the dustwrapper, which is otherwise clean spine and minor wear to the head of the and attractive, with minor wear. [35122] 411, WAUGH, Evelyn THE SWORD OF spine. [35612] £250 £125 HONOUR TRILOGY Comprising: Men at The author’s most famous book and one of the A Nero Wolfe story. Arms; Officers and Gentlemen; Uncon- most notorious books of modern times. ditional Surrender Chapman & Hall, 1952, 408. STRONG, L.A.G. OTHELLO’S OC- 1955, 1961 406. SEELEY, Mabel ELEVEN CAME CUPATION Collins, 1945. Three volumes, all first editions. All in BACK Collins Crime Club, 1943. First edition. Original orange cloth in original blue cloth and pictorial dust- First edition. A very good copy indeed, pictorial dustwrapper. A fine copy with wrappers. A fine set in generally near fine in an excellent dustwrapper, orange spine an ownership name to front endpaper in (price clipped) dustwrappers. Vol. 1 is faded as usual, but uncommonly crisp. a fine, crisp dustwrapper with one short exceptionally bright and crisp with an un- [35156] £95 closed tear. [35145] £75 faded spine but with a tiny nick and tear to the base of the spine (internally mend- 407. STOUT, Rex BLACK ORCHIDS and 409. WAUGH, Evelyn BRIDESHEAD RE- ed). Vol. 2 is bright and crisp, a fine copy Cordially Invited to Meet Death. A Dou- VISITED The Sacred & Profane Memories and Vol. 3 is a little dusty with a faded ble Nero Wolfe Mystery. Collins Crime of Captain Charles Ryder Chapman & Hall, spine. Overall, a handsome set.[35613] Club, 1943. 1945 £950 First UK edition. Original orange cloth in First edition. Original red cloth in light The author’s ironic portrayal of British Army pictorial dustwrapper. A near fine book, grey dustwrapper printed in grey and red. life, based to a large part on Waugh’s own army owner’s inscription on front endpaper, in A fine copy in a very good dustwrapper, career and critically considered to be the best a very good+ dustwrapper, orange spine which shows some wear to the spine ends novel of the second world war. faded to yellow. [35121] £225 and corners and general light dustiness most notably to the spine. [35549] £1,500

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412. WILLIAMS, Tennessee CAT ON A 415. WODEHOUSE, P.G. SERVICE WITH HOT TIN ROOF Secker & Warburg, 1956. A SMILE Herbert Jenkins, 1962. 419. WODEHOUSE, P.G. SUNSET AT First UK edition. Black and white frontis First edition. Red boards in pictorial dust- BLANDINGS Chatto & Windus, 1977. is a sketch of the stage setting from the wrapper. A very good + book (previous First edition. Pictorial endpapers by Ion- original New York production. A near fine owner’s name on front endpaper), in a icus. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. copy in a near fine dustwrapper. [35640] near fine dustwrapper, with just light rubs [35641] £65 £125 to corners. [35606] £125 Wodehouse’s last book, which was left unfin- Winner of the Pulitzer prize. ished by him but was completed from his notes 416. WODEHOUSE, P.G. DO BUTLERS for this published edition. 413. WINTERSON, Jeanette THE BURGLE BANKS? Barrie & Jenkins, 1968. DREAMING HOUSE Ulysses, 1998. First edition. 8vo. Green cloth in pictorial 420. [WOOLF, Virginia]; QUENNELL, First edition. Number 52 of 150 copies dustwrapper designed by Osbert Lancas- Peter A LETTER TO MRS. VIRGINIA printed on Velin Arches mould-made pa- ter. A very good copy, with some spotting WOOLF Hogarth Letters Series no. 12 1932. per signed by the author. Original cream to the top edges of the pages. In a very Hogarth Press, patterned paper covered boards, cloth good+ dustwrapper, with a 1cm closed First edition. Original wrappers. A near spine and paper title label to the upper tear to the upper corner. [35607] £75 fine copy, previous owner’s name on front cover and spine titled in gilt. Frontispiece endpaper. [35624] £30 Number 12 in the Hogarth Letters series. and page designs by Ian Beck. A fine copy. 417. WODEHOUSE, P.G. THE GIRL IN [35188] £225 BLUE Barrie & Jenkins, 1970. 421. [WOOLF, Virginia]/ FORSTER, E.M. First edition. A fine book in a fine dust- 414. WODEHOUSE, P.G. ICE IN THE VIRGINIA WOOLF The Rede Lecture wrapper. [35610] £75 1942. BEDROOM Herbert Jenkins, 1961. 1941 Cambridge University Press, Second edition. Printed paper wraps. A First edition. Original red cloth lettered in 418. WODEHOUSE, P.G. MUCH black. A very good copy, previous own- very good copy, clean and bright, 1 inch OBLIGED JEEVES Barrie & Jenkins, 1971. tear to lower spine. [35623] £15 er’s inscription on the front free endpaper. First edition. Blue cloth in pictorial dust- In a very good+ dustwrapper, which has a wrapper designed by Osbert Lancaster. A slightly faded spine. [35639] £95 near fine copy in a very good dustwrap- per, which is very crisp and clean, with spine lettering faded. [35638] £65

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412. WELLS, H.G. THE WORKS OF H. G. WELLS Fisher Unwin, 1924-1927. The Atlantic edition, complete in 28 volumes. Number 576 of 620 sets of the English issue, signed by the author in volume one. Re- cent red half morocco with gilt titles and ornaments and raised bands to spine. Top edge gilt, other uncut. Photogravure of the author as a frontispiece to volume I. A fine set. [34544] £5,500 H.G. Wells (1866-1946), novelist and journalist, is most famous for his early futuristic ‘scientific romances, The Time Machine, The Island of Dr Moreau, The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds. The Atlantic edition is the definitive set of Wells’ works.

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