Saturday 27^th September 300 Lots Starting At 9.30am

 Collector’s Books – The Library Of A Retired Bookseller

 Including:

 Private Press – Golden Cockerel, Gregynog, Nonesuch, Stanbrook Abbey & Others

Fine bindings by Zaehnsdorf, Sangorski & Sutcliffe, Riviere, Asprey, also attractive Vellum bound works

  First editions including The Wind In The Willows in a designer binding

 Signed limited edition of A King’s Story, The Memoirs of The Duke of Windsor (bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe)

The History of The Horn Book, 1897

 Fine limited edition copy in vellum of Myths Of The Hindus & Buddhists 1913 signed by George Harrup

 Illustrated books by Rackham, Dulac, Warwick Goble & Others

Small quantity of Bibles, finely bound and in miniature editions

 Collections of Cookery, Crime, History & Ephemera

 Followed By Vinyl Records & Superb Stamp Collections, Antiques/Collectables.

  In-House Sale (No Online Bidding)

Viewing Friday 26th September 12 Noon - 4.00pm And From 7.50am Saturday. 

1. Box of attractive cloth bindings – poetry, classics and children’s books.

2. A small quantity of children’s books – Grey Rabbit series (8 first editions), other Alison Uttley, various early Ladybirds including 4 Adventures of Wonk, etc.

3. Rupert Annuals – 1943, 1947, 1948, 1949, all with slight wear to head and tail of spine, 1951 (an excellent copy), 1952, together with a quantity of early Rupert Adventure Series

4. Rackham, Arthur. Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens, no date, presumably 1912. 50 tipped in colour plates. Green decorated cloth gilt.

5. Rackham, Arthur. Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens, no date, presumably 1912. 50 tipped in colour plates (one torn at edge). Green decorated cloth gilt.

6. Rackham, Arthur. Hawthorne’s Wonder Book. Inscription dated 1922. With 24 mis-bound tipped in colour plates.

7. Rackham, Arthur. Gulliver’s Travels. 1909. 12 colour plates. Royal 8vo. A fine prize binding in full calf gilt.

8. Rackham, Arthur. Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen. 1st edition 1932. 12 colour plates (one bound upside down). One inch tear to cloth on back board, otherwise excellent copy.

9. Sowerby, Millicent & Githa. Childhood. 1st edition 1907. 11 full page colour plates.

10. Various books with colour plates by Cicely Mary Barker – original editions.

11. Barker, Cicely Mary. Groundsel And Necklaces. 1st edition, no date, sometime spine neatly re-backed. PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY AUTHOR.

12. Dean’s Moveable Cock Robin. A mid-Victorian hand coloured moveable book with paper levers to make the characters move. Poor condition.

13. Johnny Crow’s Party & Johnny Crow’s New Garden, both drawn by L. Leslie Brooke, 1st editions, 1930s. Charming colour plates, together with The Cockyolly Bird. Written and illustrated by Mabel Dearmer. 1st edition 1914, tipped in colour plates.

14. Hudson, Gwynedd M. Alice In Wonderland, 1920s Boots the Chemists. With 12 tipped in colour plates. 4to. Red cloth gilt. Dust jacket with inset plate.

15. Milne, A.A. A Gallery Of Children, 1925. Colour plates by H. Willebeek le Mair. Attractive blue cloth and dust jacket together with Nursery Songs, Pictured by Paul Woodroffe. Also a worn copy of Fairy Tales of Perrault, First Edition 1922, with colour plates by Harry Clarke and a copy of Mabel Lucie Attwell’s Peter Pan, rebound

16. Beaman, S.G. Hulme. John Trusty, 1st edition, no date, colour plates, Aitcher’s The Black Patch Pirates, and six 1950s nature books.

17. Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind In The Willows, 1st edition 1908, London: Methuen. Frontispiece by Graham Robertson. Crown 8vo. Rebound approx. 40 years ago by T.C. Hickman, Wymondham, in full olive green morocco. The front board has an inlaid black mole outlined in gilt looking up at blind tooled willow branches with gilt leaves. The back board has an inlaid brown toad looking up at similar tree. The spine is tooled with a few gilt willow leaves and title. With a brown paper gilt tooled toad as front doublure and a black paper gilt tooled mole as back doublure. Gilt edges. In a green folding box which has original cloth spine and front board laid down inside. A most impressive piece of work in very fine condition.

18. 9 children’s books in attractive cloth bindings – The Cowslip, Live Toys, The Snow Garden, Wild Animals of The Tropics, Our Animal Friends, Peacock Pie, Lullabies of Many Lands, Margot & The Golden Fish etc

19. Ditchfield, P.H. The Cottages & The Village Life of Rural England. 1st edition 1912. With 52 coloured plates & line illustrations by A.R. Quinton. Stout 4to. Beige decorated cloth. Tail of spine has 2” split on joint also ½” of damage at bottom of front board next to spine. A very clean, sound copy.

20. Fitch Daglish, Eric. Birds of The British Isles. 1st edition 1948, limited to 1500 copies. With 48 wood engravings by the author, 25 of which are coloured by hand. 4to. Blue cloth gilt and top edge gilt. Very fine in worn dust jacket that has loss at tail of spine.

21. Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam, 1922, with weird full page colour plates by Fish. 4to

22. Craig, Edward Gordon. Nothing Or The Bookplate. With A Handlist By E. Carrick. 1924, Chatto & Windus. Limited to 280 numbered copies, this being no. 247. With 50 tipped in bookplates, many being coloured. Crown 4to. Bound in deep pink buckram with gilt lettering. Very fine copy in rather dusty and chipped dust jacket.

23. Blades, William. The Enemies Of Books. 1st edition 1896, London: Elliot Stock. Illustrated by Louis Gunnis & H.E. Butler. M8vo. Crimson cloth decorated with gilt monk destroying books. Top edge gilt. Chapters on fire, water, the bookworm, dust & neglect, collectors etc. A fine copy.

24. Riviere Bindings. Examples Of Modern Bookbinding Designed & Executed By Robt. Riviere & Son. 1st edition 1919, Bernard Quaritch Ltd. With colour, sepia and b/w plates. 4to. Some very feint marks to tan cloth. Top edge gilt. Excellent copy.

25. Broomhead, Frank. The Zaehnsdorfs (1842 – 1947) Craft Bookbinders. Limited to 2250 copies, 1986, Private Libraries Association.

26. Hewitt-Bates, J.S. Bookbinding For The Book-Lover, V&A’s Bookbindings and 4 other booklets.

27. McLean, Ruari. Victorian Publishers’ Book-Bindings In Cloth & Leather, 1st edition 1974, Victorian Book Design, 1st edition 1963, and Modern Book Design, 1st edition 1958.

28. The Sister Nivedita & Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. Myths Of The Hindus & Buddhists. 1913. Limited to 75 copies, this being no. 13 and signed by the publisher George G. Harrap & Co. With 32 full page colour plates by Indian artists under the supervision of Abanindro Nath Tagore. Very stout M8vo. End papers very slightly marked. Bound in full vellum with a raised image of Ganesha (the elephant headed deity) on front board, spine gilt lettered and top edge gilt. Very fine copy in a cloth bound box.

29. Stanbrook Abbey Press. Sassoon, Siegfried. The Path To Peace. 1960. Limited to 500 copies, this being no. 499. With loose insert. Quarter vellum by George Percival and Rigby Graham.

30. Nonesuch Press. Wilson, Mona. The Life Of William Blake. 1927, limited to 1480 copies, this being no. 471. Plates. 4to. Bound in half vellum with very slight age marks, and marbled boards. Contents fine.

31. Nonesuch Press. Marvell, Andrew. Miscellaneous Poems. 1923, limited to 850 numbered copies, this being no. 737. R8vo. Uncut and untrimmed edges. Gilt decorated boards. A very good copy.

32. Golden Cockerel Press. The First Crusade. Translated into English For The First Time By Somerset de Chair. 1945. Limited to 500 numbered copies, this being no. 242. Engravings by Clifford Webb. Slim 4to. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in half vellum with orange buckram boards. Top edge gilt. Fine.

33. Golden Cockerel Press. Bannet, Ivor. The Amazons. 1948. Limited to 500 numbered copies, this being no. 305. Engravings by Clifford Webb. 4to. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in half brown morocco, marbled boards and top edge gilt. The prelims are very slightly foxed o/w fine.

34. Golden Cockerel Press. Moncrif’s Cats. 1961. Limited to 400 numbered copies of which: 1-100 are specially bound by E. W. Hiscox – this being no. 73. With 10 illustrations from Coypel. R8vo. Bound in navy and crimson full morocco with a gilt cat. Top edge gilt. Bookplate. Very fine in slip case.

34A. Golden Cockerel Press. Coppard, A. E. Pelagea & Other Poems, 1926, limited to 425 copies. Illustrated by Robert Gibbings. Fine in dust jacket

35. A bibliography of The Golden Cockerel Press 1921 – 1949, 3 volumes in one 1975 together with Pertelote 1936 – 1943, Corkalorum 1943 – 1949, and Cock-A-Hoop 1950 – 1961, also 2 prospectuses, together with a Bibliography of Robert Gibbings & a work on The Eragny Press

36. Gregynog Press. Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke. Caelica. Edited by Una Ellis-Fermor. 1936. Limited to 225 numbered copies, this being no. 117. D8vo. Bound in quarter dark green/grey morocco, gilt letters and a pattern of gold lines extending from the broad spine perpendicularly up the sides. The boards are of a lighter colour with black diagonal lines. Corners tipped with leather. Top edge gilt. The spine is fractionally faded o/w a fine copy. Binding designed by Evelyn Wardrop and stamped ‘Gregynog Press Binding’ inside back cover.

37. Jones, Thomas. The Gregynog Press, 1954, 750 copies, Printing At Gregynog 1976, and a catalogue of the press by Zilverdistel. (3)

37A. Franfrolico Press. Delighted Earth. A Selection by Peter Meadows From Herrick’s ‘Hesperides’. 1927, limited to 550 copies (this No. 34). Illustrated by Lionel Ellis. Cloth bound

38. Franklin, Colin. The Private Presses, 1st edition 1969, together with various modern private press booklets – Brewhouse Press, Toni Savage, Chris Challis’s The Wild Things, illustrated and signed by Rigby Graham, Chidiock Tichbourne, etc.

39. Partington, Wilfred. Thomas J. Wise in the original cloth. 1st edition 1946.

40. Bibliographies – Darwin, Churchill, William Morris (2), Gilbert White, The English Bible and 1100 Obscure Points. Also works on Caxton and Christopher Plantin (9).

41. Reade, Rolf S. Registrum Librorum Eroticorum. 2 volumes 1936, Privately Printed For Subscribers, limited to 200 numbered copies, this being no. 186. An important bibliography of erotica.

42. Dawes, C.R. Restif de la Bretonne 1734 – 1806. 1946. Privately printed, limited to 500 copies, this being No. 85, with Putnam, Samuel. The World Of Jean de Bosschere. A Monograph. With A Letter Of Paul Valery. (No Date), The Fortune Press. Limited to 900 copies on Kelmscott hand-made paper. Plates and illustrations. Bibliography. D8vo. Slight fading to cloth o/w fine in slightly worn dust jacket.

43. Linder, Leslie. A History Of The Writings Of Beatrix Potter, 2nd edition 1971, Muir, Percy, English Children’s Books, 2nd imp 1969 and 3 books by Eric Quayle on book collecting.

44. Lewis, John. The Twentieth Century Book, 1st edition 1967, Hobson’s Great Libraries, 1st edition 1970 and The Art Of The French Book, no date.

45. Morison, Stanley and Day, Kenneth. The Typographic Book. A Study Of Fine Typography Through Five Centuries Exhibited In Upwards Of 350 Title & Text Pages. 1st edition 1963. Stout 4to. With prospectus. Fine in very slightly worn protected dust jacket.

46. Bibliographies Of Potter, Hardy, Lewis Carroll, Conan Doyle, etc, and various books about books, including Oxford Companions and a good run of Book & Magazine Collector.

47. Tooley, R.V. Maps & Map Makers 2nd edition 1952, A.S. Osley’s Mercator, 1st edition 1969, Collecting Bookmarks and Randolph Caldecott ‘Lord Of The Nursery’.

48. Henry, Blanche. British Botanical And Horticultural Literature Before 1800. 3 volumes, 1st edition 1975, 4to, in slip case.

49. A run of 25 volumes of Book Auction Records – volume 68, 1970/71 to volume 95, 1997, lacking volumes 71, 72 & 76.

50. Wodehouse Bibliography – P.G. Wodehouse A Centenary Celebration. Edited by Heineman & Benson. 1st edition 1981, The Pierpont Morgan Library, O.U.P.

51. The Bookman. Special Christmas Number 1916 including The Edmund Dulac Portfolio with 3 tipped in colour plates and The Bookman Special Christmas Number 1927 including The Bookman Portfolio Portraits In Colour by Spy Junr.

52. The Studio Year-Book Of Decorative Art 1909, The Studio Volume 21, 1901 (with 4 pieces of interesting ephemera) and The Studio Volume 29, 1913, with a superb article on Vellucent Book Bindings.

53. A quantity of old Bookseller’s Catalogues.

54. Bondy, Louis W. Miniature Books Their History. 1st edition 1918.

55. Miniature Chained Bible & Lectern. Produced by Oxford U. P. in 1911, and measuring 2” x 1½”, the Bible has a fake renaissance binding and is fixed by a chain to a 5½” high oak lectern. The binding is a little scuffed on front joint and bottom of spine. The inner hinge is slightly weak and first few pages lightly soiled at edges, and the front board gapes open a little because of the magnifying glass in pocket. Lectern fine.

56. The Book Of Common Prayer. Produced by Cambridge U.P. c. 1910. Diamond 128 mo (2” x 1½”) in a black morocco binding with yapp edges and carrying straps, one other & 2 Victorian Miniature Books of Common Prayer with hallmarked silver fronts.

57. A display box containing 27 small & miniature Prayer Books, classics and poetry, also an Illustrated Bible held in a 2½” high brass figure of Shakespeare.

58. 3 finely bound miniature French works & 4 small Victorian bindings – Guide To Peace, Goldsmith, More Kind Words & Columbus (7).

59. Holy Bible. 1839, Oxford University Press. Bound in deep crimson velvet, brass bound edges and clasp (with initials L.T. inside) with gold, possibly 15 carat, shield shaped centrepiece inscribed Holy Bible. Velvet and silk doublures and silk end papers. Lacks blank leaf after free end paper, not affecting appearance. Superb gilt edges. 4¾” x 3”. In slightly worn leather box. A magnificent Bible in very fine condition. Together with a matching pair in purple velvet – Common Prayer and Proper Lessons, 1841. Both have tiny splits to velvet edge of spines

60. Church Services. 1854, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. 5” x 3”. Cream morocco spine with gilt ruled lines, the boards being bound with silver on copper, with ornate acanthus leaf corner pieces and clasp. The gauffred edges are decorated with gilt. A superb copy in a defective silk-lined box.

61. A Kempis, Thomas. A Kempis (of the Imitation Of Christ). 1907, The Royal Library. Foolscap 8vo. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in full crimson morocco with a central gilt arabesque in a gilt quartered box with small green inlays on both boards. Gilt ruled compartments on spine. Top edge gilt. With a very feint 2” mark on front and a minute scuff on back, o/w excellent copy.

62. Borrow, George. Lavengro. 1914 reprint. Illustrated by E.J. Sullivan. Cr8vo. A 1920s binding (by Riviere) in full dark brown polished calf, the front board having raised scene depicting a Gentleman Of The Road sitting on a milestone, dyed in tans, dark green and red with blind stamped title. The back board has similar with cauldron on camp fire with flames. The spine has a heavy dyed Art Nouveau design and gilt lettering with 4 very tiny scuffs and very feint scratches. Gilt edges. A wonderful binding. Together with: Browne, Sir Thomas. Religio Medici. 1920 reprint, Golden Treasury Series. Foolscap 8vo. Binding signed by Riviere and similar to above – sailing ship on heavy seas dyed in browns and tan. Back board has torch with flame and this is also on spine. The front joint along spine is beginning to weaken slightly and there are 3 tiny scuffs and feint scratches.

63. Browning, Robert. Poems 1907. Oxford Edition. Stout demy 8vo. Bound in full olive green morocco with blind tooled lines from raised bands extending to both boards and each ending with blind tooled flowers and gilt pointilles. Gilt edges. ¼” scuff on side of spine. Binding signed WHS (Douglas Cockerell’s work is sometimes hidden in the trade name of W.H.Smith on bindings). A fine handsome copy.

64. Guerber, H.A. Myths & Legends Of The Middle Ages. 1st edition 1910. Plates Stout demy 8vo. Bound by J. May, London, in full royal blue morocco, gilt compartments on spine with 5 motifs in each. Top edge gilt. An expert, handsome binding in fine condition, together with Dowson, Ernest Christopher. The Poetical Works. 1st thus 1934. Demy 8vo. Rebound approx. 35 years ago in full olive green morocco with gilt ruled lines, tiny motifs and star on front board. Large corner cut from first blank leaf after end papers. Fine copy.

65. Johnston, Edward. Writing & Illuminating & Lettering. 22nd imp. 1948. Illustrated. Inscription. Crown 8vo. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in full crimson morocco, gilt lines with motifs in corners, spine with gilt compartments each with 4 motifs and pointille. Gilt dentelles and gilt edges. A splendid binding in fine order.

66. Praed, Winthrop Mackworth. Poems. 2 volumes, 1864, London: Moxon. Stout foolscap 8vo. A Victorian binding by Zaehnsdorf in half dark green morocco, elaborate gilt spines with tiny flowers and scrollwork. Marbled boards and gilt edges. Bookplate. A fine pair.

67. Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una. Nathaniel Baddeley, Bookman. A Play For The Fireside. Illustrated by Fred Lawson. Limited to 150 copies, this being no. 58, 1924, Leeds: At The Swan Press. D8vo. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in full navy blue morocco, both boards having a double gilt ruled box with delicate sprays of leaves in the corners. 2 raised bands on spine and gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. A fine example of Zaehnsdorf’s work.

68. Meynell, Alice. Collected Poems. 9th edn 1912. Cr8vo. Bound by Bumpus in full maroon morocco, gilt and black ruled lines & gilt lettering. Gilt edges. Some very tiny scuffs on front joint which hardly show. A handsome binding.

69. Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. His Family Letters. With A Memoir By William Michael Rossetti. 2 volumes, 1st edition 1895, London: Ellis & Elvey. Plates. D8vo. Bound approximately 35 years ago by Graham Bloodworth of Leicester, City & Guilds Silver Medallist, in full scarlet morocco with 600 gilt acorns on spines and front and back boards. The dentelles are also decorated with 160 acorns. The first blank leaves after end papers in both volumes have large corners cut off o/w a magnificent pair in a black, part leather slip case. A fine copy.

70. Shaw, Henry. Dresses And Decorations Of The Middle Ages. 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1843, London: William Pickering, Chiswick. With many hand coloured copper plates, highly finished and heightened in gold and wood cuts printed in up to 4 colours. Royal 4to. Bound in half crimson morocco, spine with rich gilt compartments and 2 labels. Marbled boards and gilt top. The bindings are rather scuffed in places and the labels dry. Paintings, miniatures, stained glass, furnishings, glasses, chests, vestments, gold cups, jewellery etc. “It has considerable claim to be called the most handsome book produced in the whole of the nineteenth century.” – Ruari McLean.

71. H.R.H. The Duke Of Windsor. A King’s Story. 1951. Limited edition of 250 copies, this being number 137, signed “Edward”. Plates. Stout medium 8vo. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full tan morocco with gilt Royal crest and spine gilt lettered. Top edge gilt. With 3 minor ‘dents’ on edge of spine (not discoloured) o/w fine in slip case.

72. Palgrave’s Golden Treasury, 1927. Bound in full dark green vellum with onlay of cherub playing pipes. Yapp edges and gilt edges. Binding signed KH. A superb binding.

73. Dasent, G. W. The Story Of Burnt Njal. 1st edition 2 vols 1861, Edinburgh. Maps & plans. Fine prize bindings in full calf.

74. Craik, Henry. The Life Of Jonathan Swift, 1st edition 1882. A fine prize binding in full calf.

75. A small Rubaiyat in full calf, a small vellum bound Ancient Mariner, ‘Books I Have Lent’ in full calf, and a Library List.

76. Taylor, Isaac. Words And Places. 1906 reprint. With maps. Foolscap 8vo. A prize binding in full tree calf with gilt school crest, the spine having flowers & leaves in compartments & red label. Gilt edges & prize bookplate. Fine. Also Waldman, Milton. Elizabeth Queen Of England. New imp 1933. Frontis. D8vo. Bound by Birdsall of Northampton in quarter morocco, spine with gilt lettering, gilt crown and title on front cloth board. Gilt top edge. Attractive little bookplate. Fine, Aytoun’s Lays, 1881, full morocco gilt, and Fiona Macleod’s Nature Thoughts, 1913, half calf, tipped in colour plates. (4)

77. Villars, Madame De. Lettres De Madame De Villars A Madame De Coulanges (1679 – 1681) Avec Introduction Et Notes Par Alfred De Courtois. Nouvelle edition, 1868, Paris: Henri Plon. Demy 8vo. Bound by Zaehnsdorf in full tan calf, gilt spine and edges. With wonderful end papers. Few light scratches to boards and spine a little discoloured, Coomans, Representant. La Bourse Et Le Chapeau De Fortunatus, Roman Philosophique. Neuvieme edition, 1872. Bruxelles, Paris, Londres. Presentation copy signed by Coomans, 1894. Crown 8vo. Bound by De Samblancx-Weckessen in full brown morocco, gilt box and motifs with crossed ivory quills (¼” missing and tiny wear). Gilt boxes on spine, heavy gilt dentelles and gilt edges. Excellent copy. And Daudet’s Lettres De Mon Moulin, 1930 Paris, limited edition, bound in half morocco, spine inlaid with a mountain goat and black wolf. (3)

78. An Asprey of London binding in full bright green morocco with gilt grapes - Simon, Andre L. The Noble Grapes And The Great Wines Of France, 3rd edition 1950s, 4to.

79. 22 x mainly Edwardian most attractive vellum bound works – poetry & classics, with coloured leather labels & spines decorated with flowers & gilt ruled lines

80. 14 calf & morocco bound works (including 2 volume sets – Ingoldsby Legends, Thomson, Longfellow, Scott, History of England, etc.)

81. 11 works in The Cranford Series bound in attractive green cloth and 3 red cloth gilt similar by other publishers, including a fine copy of “Cranford” 1894 reprint. (No Jane Austen titles).

82. Burn’s Poetical works bound in crimson half crushed morocco, Longfellow (soft leather imitation snakeskin) and 3 highly decorated cloth bindings – Moore, Milton and Lays Of Ancient Rome. (5)

83. Flora Domestica, Or, The Portable Flower-Garden. New edition 1831, London. Hand coloured frontispiece, original cloth and label, together with Weber, Henry, The Battle Of Flodden Field, 1808, Edinburgh. Folding plates, full diced calf.

84. Smith, George. (of Kendall in Westmorland). A Complete Body Of Distilling Explaining The Mysteries Of That Science In A Most Easy And Familiar Manner. In 2 parts. 2nd edition 1764, London. Original full calf.

85. Dacre, Captain. Letters From The Island Of St Helena, Exposing The Unnecessary Severity Exercised Towards Napoleon: With Appendix Of Important Official Documents. 1st edition 1818, London: James Ridgeway. Half title. Folding frontis of a plan of Longwood drawn by the son of La Cases. Original half calf, marbled boards. Quite badly foxed in some places but still an excellent copy. The appendix contains letters from Count La Cases to Prince Lucien & Lord Bathurst and from Napoleon to La Cases. “The Water at Longwood Is extremely bad – green, stinking & jelly like”. – Together with a small engraving of Napoleon’s tomb at St Helena.

86. How To Dance And Guide To The Ballroom by Edward Scott. New edition c1880. Together with 10 Victorian dance programmes, lists of dances, etc.

87. Fiennes, Celia. Through England On A Side Saddle In The Time Of William & Mary. With introduction by the Hon. Mrs Griffiths. 1st edn 1888, London: Field & Tuer. 8pp of adverts. D8vo. Cloth, gilt, spine trifle worn o/w very good.

88. Owen, A.L. The Famous Druids, 1st edition 1962, A Dissertation Upon The Druids, 1886 and Wallis Budge’s Divine Origin Of The Craft Of The Herbalist, 1st edition 1928 and one other title.

89. Price, Harry & Lambert, R.S. The Haunting Of Cashen’s Gap, 1st edition 1936, signed by Price, Keightley’s Fairy Mythology, 1910, 2 works by Katharine M. Briggs on Fairies & Cats, Kirk’s Everlasting Cat, Harward’s Dwarfs Of Arthurian Romance, Celtic Tradition 1958 and The Horse In Magic & Myth, 1923

90. Gilbey, Sir Walter. The Harness Horse. 3rd edition 1898. Plates. D8vo. Tan cloth depicting 2 gilt horses and rider. Gilt edges. Fine. And The Great Horse Or Shire Horse. 2nd edition 1899. Plates. D8vo. Tan cloth depicting knight in full armour on Great Horse with hound. Gilt edges. Fine. Also Horse-Breeding In England And India And Army Horses Abroad. 1st edition 1901. “From the Author” in pencil on half title. Plates. D8vo. Gilt edges. Bookplate. Fine. (3)

91. Swainson, Rev. Charles. The Folklore Of British Birds, 1st edition 1886, Needham’s English Weathervanes, 1st edition 1953 and Robinson, Phil. Fishes Of Fancy - Their Place In Myth, Fable, Fairy-Tale & Folk-Lore With Notices Of The Fishes Of Legendary Art, Astronomy And Heraldry. 1883. (2) together with Goldfish of China in The XVIII Century.

92. Aldin, Cecil. A Dozen Dogs Or So by Patrick R. Chalmers. 1st edition 1928. With 12 full page colour plates by Aldin. 4to, together with Dogs Of Character, 1^st edition 1927

93. Brown, Dr John. Rab And His Friends c.1900, Jock Of The Bushveld, and various other books on dogs, and The Dickin Medal (the animals' V.C.) etc, also a few old photos of dogs.

94. Brown, Hattie (William James Linton). Catoninetails. Limited to 330 copies, 1891, London. Cloth bound.

95. Grossmith, George & Weedon. The Diary Of A Nobody. 5th edition 1920. Spine faded, marks to cloth. Included is a small card written in ink: "You should see me dance the Polka Yours faithfully Geo:Grossmith".

96. Housman, Laurence (illustrations). The Were-wolf by Clemence Housman. 1st edition 1896, London: John Lane. 16pp of adverts dated 1895. With 6 illustrations. Together with: Of Aucassin And Nicolette Together With Amabel and Amoris. Newly published 1925. With drawings by Paul Woodroffe engraved on wood by Clemence Housman.

97. Vincent, W.D.F. The Cutters' Practical Guide To Cutting And Making Clerical Dress, c.1870, and Overcoats In All Their Varied Styles, c.1870. Both in superb condition.

98. Sharp, Mary. Point And Pillow Lace. 2nd edition 1905, and Kendrick's English Embroidery, 1st edition 1904, together with A Book Of Old Embroidery, 1921 The Studio, The Lure Of Silk by 'Lady', booklets on Furs, etc, and Costume.

99. The Diary Of Samuel Pepys. The Wheatley Edition 1893. 10 volumes including Index and Pepysiana. Blue cloth, gilt, a very good set.

100. A box of interesting books on Natural History and The Countryside including Ticehurst, N.F. The Mute Swan In England, 1957, Botanical Illustrations, Century Of Bird Books, Eternal Yew, Mrs Delany, Icknield Way, Fabulous Beasts, God's Acre, The Scarecrow, Mystery Animals Of Britain, Jumbo, Zarafa, This England, The Wayfarer's Book, etc.

101. Shakespeare's England, 2 vols 1916, Oxford, works by Jusserand, and books on Sir Thomas More, The Tudors, and general history.

102. Approx 37 books published by Batsford, many in the first edition, and many in protected Brian Cook dust jackets, together with a copy of The Britain Of Brian Cook.

103. A small quantity of books and booklets on Leicester, including Wakefield's The Green Bicycle Case, 1st edition 1930 in dust jacket, Highways & Byways In Leicestershire, Gent's Robert Finch: A Tale Of The Old Leicester Stocking Weavers 1893, and other interesting items.

104. 27 Robert B. Parker's Spenser first editions, all fine in dust jackets, 4 signed - The Godwulf Manuscript, God Save The Child, Promised Land, Double Deuce, 4 being 1st American editions.

105. Box of miscellaneous books.

106. 21 x James Lee Burke first editions, all fine in dust jackets including 3 signed American firsts – A Stained White Radiance, Last Car To Elysian Fields and Creole Bell (although these appear to be genuine we do not guarantee the authenticity of the signatures).

107. Binyon, Laurence. For The Fallen, 1st edition, Arkwright's Supreme Sacrifice, 1st edition 1919, and 2 works of Great War poetry by Francis Ledwidge, one vellum bound, also Sassoon poetry including “Nativity” and Wilfred Owen

108. A collection of books on The Great War including The Thiepval Register in 4 volumes

109. Serviettes And How To Fold Them, c.1880, with other interesting cookery booklets and menus.

110. Grant. Thirty Years A Marketman, 1901, Boston, Mass., Historic tinned food, 1939, and Countess Morphy's English Recipes, 1930s, Selfridges, in lovely dust jacket.

111. Oxford, A.W. English Cookery Books To The Year 1850, Eric Quayle's Old Cook Books, and 3 works by Dorothy Hartley.

112. A good collection of 1920s - 1950s cookery, household and beauty booklets, including Mrs Beeton, and The Book Of The Home, 4 vols.

113. A good quantity of interesting ephemera including - The Riddle Of A 13th Century Sword Belt, Knitting For The RAF, Rats and Their Destruction, Ostrich Egg-Shell Cups Of Mesopotamia, and other unusual titles.

114. D'Alton, Rev. E.A. History Of Ireland, 6 vols 1910, green cloth, gilt. And a small quantity of other Irish items.

115. Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair. Shakespeare's Wild Flowers, Fairy Lore, 1st edition 1935, The Old English Gardening Books, The Old English Herbals, Mea Allan’s The Tradescants, 1964 and 3 others.

116. Searle, Ronald. In Perspective, 1st 1984, with 12 typed letters signed or initialled by Searle ordering books from bookseller’s catalogues

117. Brassey, Mrs A. Voyage On The “Sunbeam” 1880, attractive decorated cloth, 2 works by M. Douglas on The Arctic and “Two Years Before The Mast” Victorian edition

118. A quantity of books including Rackham's Christmas Carol, The Rossetti's poetry etc, and small decorative works.

119. Ash & Lake's Bizarre Books in 2 editions, various Bizarre titles mentioned therein, and Richard Booth's My Kingdom Of Books, signed.

120. Various books on Saints, The Venerable Bede, Old Religion, Skellig, White Horses, Churches, etc.

121. Franklin, John. Journey To The Shores Of The Polar Sea, 1829. 4 vols, plates and maps complete. Bound in half calf - miniature edition.

122. Various books on 'The Green Man' including a 1^st edition of Stephen King’s Nightmares In The Sky – Gargoyles & Green Men In New York

123. A good collection of 52 Spike Milligan titles, all in fine condition with dust jackets, including 4 signed - Puckoon, The Looney, The Bible - The Old Testament, and Further Transports Of Delight, together with the privately printed by Offcut Press, limited edition of 'Values', 1969, with drawings by Rigby Graham.

124. Goethe's Werke. 5 volumes c.1880, with black and white illustrations. 4to. Fine brown cloth, richly decorated with gilt.

125. Novik, Naomi. The Temeraire Series - Temeraire, 1st edition 2006, Throne Of Jade, 1st edition 2006, Black Powder War, exclusive signed 1st edition 73/100, 2007, Empire Of Ivory, exclusive signed 1st edition 2007, Victory Of Eagles, 1st edition 2008, Tongues Of Serpents, 1st American edition 2010. League of Dragons, signed, First American edition 2016, Crucible of Gold, First American edition 1912 and Blood of Tyrants, First American edition 2013 (a full set) - All fine copies in protected dust jackets. (9 books)

126. Dean's Rag Book no. 190, A - Z., a very good copy, and a child’s old boxed jigsaw

127. Tuer, Andrew W. History Of The Horn Book. 1st edition 1897, London, Leadenhall Press. With numerous illustrations, and 3 examples of horn books in pocket at rear.

128. Concerning Cotton. A Brief Account Of The Aims And Achievements Of The Amalgamated Cotton Mills Trust Limited 1791 - 1923. With tipped in plates and charming coloured illustrations to pages. 4to. Wrappers.

129. An old mahogany cutlery box of very good ephemera and a very large quantity of bookmarks.

130. A set of Scott's Waverley novels in 25 volumes, Centenary Edition 1886, Edinburgh, A & C Black. Bound in half calf, gilt, red labels.

131. Works of Sir Walter Scott in Nelson's India Paper Edition, 25 volumes in soft red calf enclosed in red buckram box.

132. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 1932, limited edition of 750 copies signed by Willy Pogany. Tipped in colour plates and black & white illustrations by Pogany. Bound in full turquoise morocco, gilt roundel with flowers on front board. A very fine copy.

133. A facsimile of the first edition of The Discoverie of Guiana (1596) by Sir Walter Raleigh and The Discoveries of The World (1555) by Antonie Galuano. Bound in full vellum in box, 1966.

134. Sturge Moore, T. Charles Ricketts R.A. Sixty-Five Illustrations, 1st edition 1933, and The World Of Charles Ricketts by Joseph Darracott, 1st edition 1980.

135. Tennyson's Works, 1906, Macmillan, bound in half vellum, gilt flowers and leaves, green label by Riviere. Most attractive copy.

136. Bewick's Select Fables, 1886, London. Wood engravings. Bound in half vellum, rich gilt.

137. Various illustrated books - Queen's Dolls' House, Oscar Wilde, Marjorie Fleming, Birds In Rhyme, etc.

138. R.M.S. 'Queen Mary' The Ship Of Beautiful Woods, 1930s, a 1950s Souvenir Book, and two 1935 ship's menus from the S.S. Scharnhorst.

139. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayaam illustrated by Edmund Dulac, no date, C1920s, printed from the 2^nd edition, 4to. Red cloth, rich gilt, dust jacket worn.

140. Brough, Robert B. A Cracker Bon-Bon For Christmas Parties. 1^st edition 1852. Hand coloured fronts & b/w engravings. Bound in full calf gilt by Riviere.

141. Very good Victorian Family Bible, brass bound with clasps and coloured plates.

142. Bookmarks – a small collection of Stevengraphs and typical bookmarks found in Family Bibles.

143. A quantity of mixed books – Vietnam War Memorial, New York, Racehorses, Tschiffely.

144. Allchin, F. R. Neolithic Cattle-Keepers of South India, a study of The Deccan Ashmounds, 1^st edition 1963 Cambridge U.P. together with G. H. Kenyon’s The Glass Industry Of The Weald, 1^st edition 1967.

145. A small quantity of good literature – Thomas Traherne, Dylan Thomas, The Rossettis, Ossian, H. E. Bates, Jennifer Johnson etc.

146. A 19^th century black plaster bust of John Milton, 46cms high, with some slight damage

147. Various well produced 1930s booklets & souvenir folders of American cities.

148. Manhattan Project – Libby, Leona Marshall. The Uranium People, first edition 1979 USA, dust jacket a little worn.

149. Thomas, Dylan. Under Milk Wood. 1^st edition 1954, small mark on dust jacket otherwise a very good copy, together with an original 45 record of DT reading “A Visit To America” in excellent condition.

150. 2 small books with covers by Jessie M. King – Stevenson’s Memories and The Lover of Gardens, together with 4 small works by The Rossettis.

151. Blunden, Edmund. A Summer’s Fancy. Limited edition of 80 copies (this being No. 72), The Beaumont Press 1930, signed by Blunden and the illustrator Randolph Schwabe, quarter vellum.

152. Duncan, Alaistair and Georges de Bartha. Art Nouveau and Art Deco Bookbinding. The French Masterpieces 1880-1940, 1^st edition 1989, Thomas & Hudson, 4to, numerous superb colour plates.

153. A superb brass bound with clasps Victorian Family Bible with coloured plates. The gilt edges are very fine, as is the brass work.

154. A miniature thumb diary – Letts’s Waistcoat, A Pocket Diary For 1889. Bound in full leather with gilt lettering & edges. A fine, unused copy.

155. Walton & Cotton. The Complete Angler, 1904. Illustrated by Edmund H. New. Finely bound by Riviere & Son in half brown Morocco with gilt fishes, fishing flies & bullrushes to spine. An excellent copy.

156. Irish History. Report From The Committee of Secrecy (1793-1798), Presented To The House By The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Castlereagh (Regarding The Conspiracy Carried Out By The Party Stiling Themselves United Irishmen). 27pp Report & 39 Appendices, lacking last 2. Containing Trials & Sentences – “Adjudge Them Suffer Death, 1000 lashes etc” and 2 folding tables showing lists of weapons found in certain Irish counties – Muskets, Blunderbusses, Swords, Pikes etc. A mid 19^th century rebind in half roan, marbled boards.

157. A small quantity of decent well illustrated works on Tudor Art – Holbein etc.

158. A quantity of Folio Society works – Scott’s Last Expedition, Kilvert’s Diary etc and various other mixed books.

159. Thackeray’s Works in 12 volumes, 1876, London, Smith Elder. Bound in half calf gilt, some rubbing but still a handsome set.

160. Housman, A. E. A Shropshire Lad, 1942 reprint with wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker and bound in neat quarter Morocco. Together with The Pilgrim’s Progress, 1893, in a full tree calf School Prize binding by Bickers.

161. Rossetti, Christina. Goblin Market, with 4 colour plates by Arthur Rackham, 1^st edition 1933, wrappers.

162. Shakespeare’s The Tempest, C1910, Hodder & Stoughton. 40 tipped in colour plates by Edmund Dulac.

163. The Book of Fairy Poetry, 1920, Longmans, with 16 colour plates by Warwick Goble, 4to, a very good copy.

164. Stephens, James. Irish Fairy Tales. With 16 colour plates by Arthur Rackham. 1^st edition, 1920.

165. Turnley, Joseph. The Language of The Eye: The Importance & Dignity of The Eye As Indicative of General Character, Female Beauty & Manly Character. 1856, London. Illustrated. Bound in full red morocco, gilt tooling.  

166. Various illustrated editions of The Wind In The Willows

167. York, Malcolm. Edward Bawden & His Circle, 2007, Frank Sinatra & His Art and other Art books.

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