DOMINIC WINTER BOOK AUCTIONS
CHILDREN’S & ILLUSTRATED BOOKS MODERN FIRST EDITIONS BRITISH & AMERICAN COMICS FILM & ENTERTAINMENT THURSDAy 16 JUNE 2011
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CONTENTS Antiquarian Juvenile Books & Nineteenth Century Fiction Early Toys, Games & Playing Cards Original Illustrations & Artwork Private Press Children’s & Illustrated Books American Comics Rupert Bear Books & Ephemera British Comics Bloomsbury Group Modern First Editions Paul McCartney & The Bruce McMouse Show The Beatles Film Posters & Related Artwork
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A selection of fine travel books to be sold on 15th June
FORTHCOMING SALES IN 2011 Wednesday 15 June
Printed Books, Maps & Prints, Ephemera Vintage Photography, Photobooks, Magic Lanterns & Slides Bookbinding Equipment & Accessories
Wednesday 20 July
Printed Books, Maps & Prints, Ephemera featuring John Speed's The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain, 1676, a complete copy with good early hand-colouring throughout
Thursday 21 July
British & Continental Paintings & Watercolours Old Master & Modern Prints
Autumn Calendar dates to include sales in all the usual categories plus special sales of Early Printed Books, Theology & Continental Books English Literature & History: Books, Manuscripts, Association Copies
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ANTIQUARIAN JUVENILE BOOKS & NINETEENTH CENTURY FICTION To commence at 11am
Lot 4
Lot 1 1 Belin. Alphabet des Images par Belin, Paris: Arnauld de Vresse, c.1840, sixteen hand-col. litho. plts., incl. title-page, some light fingersoiling and marks, orig. gilt lettered and decorated cloth, rebacked, some minor marks to lower cover, edges rubbed, oblong 4to Rare. (1)
£100-150
2 Chapbooks. The New Rhyming Alphabet, or the Invitation of A to all the Letters, Dean and Munday, c.1820, pp.30, incl. (incorrect) printed wrappers (entitled ‘Reward of Truth: with Other Tales’), bound with The Pretty and Entertaining History of Tom Thumb, with His wonderful Escape from the Cow’s Belly...., Otley: W. Walker, c.1820, pp.16, incl. printed wrappers, hand col. woodcuts to text and wrappers, and Scripture Histories; from the Creation of the World, to the Death of Jesus Christ. With a Description of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, printed for Houlston and Son, c.1820, pp.24, incl. printed wrappers, hand col. woodcuts to text, a.e.g., contemp. calf, rubbed, gilt dec. spine with green leather label, some loss at head of spine and upper cover detached, 105 x 70mm (4 x 2.75in) (1)
£70-100
3 Circle of the Sciences, vol. 1, Grammar, 3rd ed., 1769; vol. 3, Rhetoric, 4th ed., 1777; vol. 3, Poetry, 4th ed., 1776; vol. 5, Logic, 3rd ed., 1769; vol. 7, Chronology, 7th vol., 1778, printed for T. Carnan and F. Newbery, together 5 vols., ‘Rhetoric’ with marginal browning and first two gatherings chipped at edges, ‘Poetry’ bound in contemp. sprinkled calf (worn and lacking upper cover), remainder bound in orig. green vellum-backed boards, rubbed and some wear, printed spine labels chipped, 16mo in 8s (5)
£100-150
4 Clemens (Samuel L. “Mark Twain”). Ausgewählte Humoristische Schriften: Tom Sawyers Abenteuer und Streiche; Abenteuer und Fahrten des Huckleberry Finn; Skizzenbuch; Aus dem Mississippi, Lehr und Wanderjahre; Im Gold und Silberland, Lehr und Wanderjahre; Unterwegs und Daheim, Reisebilder, 6 vols., Stuttgart, Robert Lutz, 1905-1907, orig. pictorial red cloth blocked in black and gilt, occ. minor marks but a bright set, 8vo (6)
5 Conrad (Joseph). Almayer’s Folly. A Story of an Eastern River, 1st ed., 1st issue, 1895, letter ‘e’ omitted from ‘generosity’ on p.110, rough-trimmed foredges, scattered light spotting, contemporary previous owner signature to title, t.e.g., original green cloth, spine fading to brown with minor chips, 8vo The author’s first book. (1)
£70-100
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£200-300
6 Darton (William, pub.). The Good Boy’s Soliloquy; Containing his Parents’ Instructions, Relative to his Disposition and Manners, by the Author of the Invited Alphabet, 1813, sixteen engraved plates, last leaf with manuscript correction, one or two closed tears, some light spotting, original printed wrapper, wear at foot of spine, some soiling, small 8vo (1)
£150-200
7 Darton (William, pub.). The Rational Exhibition, 1824, b & w copper-engraved illustrations, last leaf torn with loss and repaired, some repairs, a few spots, previous owner signature, repairs to pastedowns, original calf-backed wrappers, wear to spine, 8vo (1)
£150-200
10 De La Mano (Professor). Conjuring; or, Magic Made Easy. Containing an Extensive Collection of Conjuring and Legerdemain; Sleights with Cards, Ribbons, Rings, Fruit, Coin, Balls, Handkerchiefs, etc., all of which may be performed in the Parlor or Drawing-Room... New York, c.1880s, pp.30+[2], letterpress illusts., orig. printed wrappers, upper cover hand-col., together with a printed blue paper handbill advertising De La Mano’s show, c.1880s, giving a complete rundown of the ‘Inimitable Programme’ on recto, with images of magic, conjuring, imps, etc. on verso, some minor staining to one edge, 238 x 154mm (9.5 x 6in) (2)
£80-120
11 Delafaye-Brehier (Mme. Julie). Les Jeunes Filles, ou Le Monde et la Solitude, 6 vols., Paris: Alexis Eymery, 1822, eighteen hand-col. plts. in total, scattered foxing and minor staining, ms. name on front free endpapers, sprinkled edges, early 20th c. red half cloth, speckled paper sides (vol. 5 with marbled paper sides), extrems. rubbed, remains of ms. spine labels, 12mo in 6s, together with Historiettes et Contes a Ma Petite Fille et a Mon Petit Garcon, Paris: Delarue, c.1830, eight hand-col. eng. plts., untrimmed, orig. printed wrappers, rubbed and edge-frayed, 12mo, plus Richomme (Mme Fanny), Le Gamin de Paris ou L’Enfant de Genevieve, Paris, c.1840, ten eng. plts. (foxed), ms. inscription at head of title-page, orig. printed boards, sometime rebacked in calf, rubbed and soiled, some wear to extrems., sm. 8vo, plus three other 19th c. children’s books in French
8 Darton (William, pub.). The Farm Yard Quadrille, Uxbridge: printed by William Lake; and sold by W. Darton, Holborn Hill, 1825, 24 pp., with four hand-coloured litho. plts., a few minor marks and occ. light offsetting to text, orig. pubs. printed brown wrappers, rubbed and a little soiled, with very small hole towards upper outer corner of lower wrapper, 12mo Osborne Collection of Early Children’s Books, 638 (imperfect). Not in Lilly Library (1992). (1) £150-200
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£150-200
9 Darton & Clark (publishers). The Panoramic Picture Book, [cover-title], c. 1840, eight hand-col. litho. plts., bound concertina style, lightly toned and marked, split at folds and repaired on verso, orig. printed wrappers, rubbed, upper cover with vertical crease, 165 x 54mm (6.5 x 2in) Rare. We have been unable to trace another copy. Not listed in the Lilly Library catalogue. (1)
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£200-300
15 [Fenn, Lady Eleanor]. The Rational Dame; Or, Hints Towards Supplying Prattle for Children, 5th ed., c. 1799, half title, engraved frontispiece, plates I-VII & IX only?, close-trimmed, 1pp. advert. leaf at end, a few spots, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 12mo Provenance: “Sophia Lee, Nov. 28th, 1800. The gift of her dear mother [and] For my eldest Grandchild”, inscription to half title. Sophia Lee (1750-1824) was an English novelist and daughter of the actor John Lee (d. 1781). (1) £200-300
12 Doyle (Arthur Conan). The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1st ed., 1st issue, 1902, misprint ‘you’ for ‘yours’ on p.13, line 3, sixteen b & w plates, minor spotting at front and rear, original red cloth gilt, spine a little faded, recent slipcase, 8vo (1)
16 [Fielding, Sarah]. The Governess; or, Little Female Academy. Being the History of Mrs. Teachum, and Her Nine Girls. With their Nine Days Amusement. Calculated for the Entertainment and Instruction of Young Ladies in their Education. By the Author of David Simple... 4th ed., Dublin: printed for T. Dyton and H. Bradley, 1761, some text-soiling, several corners creased, early ms. name on front free endpaper, hinges split, contemp. sheep, rubbed and extrems. worn, 12mo in 6s
£400-600
13 Doyle (Arthur Conan). The Sign of Four, as printed in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine, vol. XLV, January-June 1890, ... being volume I of the Special English Edition, pub. Ward, Lock & Co., J. B. Lippincott, 1890, b&w illusts., orig. cloth, rubbed and some soiling and sl. wear to joints and edges, thick 8vo Conan Doyle’s second Sherlock Holmes story The Sign of Four appears on pages 147 to 223. It was first published in book form in the same year by Spencer Blackett. (1) £100-150
Scarce early edition of a work which was first published in 1749, and was still in print as late as 1825. An instructive novel for children, set at an academy for young ladies, and relating their various activities, at work and play, over the course of nine days. There are numerous digressions from the plot, with animal fables, stories of fairies, tales of giants, etc., and brief biographies of the students. (1) £100-150
14 Endless Amusement; the Largest Collection Ever Heretofore Published, of the Most Interesting and Instructive Experiments in Various Branches of Science: including Electrical, Pneumatical, & Galvanical Phenomena; Optical Illusions; Chemical Changes and Creations; the Wonders of the Magnet; Magical Properties of Figures; Philosophical Experiments in Acoustics, Hydraulics, Hydrostatics, Mechanics, and Mathematics. To which is added all the Popular Tricks & Changes in Cards, Halifax: William Milner, 1835, folding eng. frontis. (sl. dusty, creased to fore-edge, and with 1.5” tear in upper margin), letterpress illusts., title-page dust-soiled along fore-margin, some toning and foxing, A4 with tear in blank fore-margin, orig. olive green honeycomb cloth gilt, dusty and some rubbing to extrems., spine ends. sl. frayed, 12mo (1)
17 Hanway (Jonas). A Comprehensive View of Sunday Schools, For the Use of the more indigent Inhabitants of Cities, Towns, and Villages, through England and Wales, with Reflections on the Causes of the Decay of our Morals and National Piety, and the Means of removing them; also A Copious School Book, for the Use of Sunday Scholars, under the good care of Parents, Masters, and Mistresses, 1st ed., 1786, folding eng. plt. (with some closed tears and edge-fraying), lacking M3 and M4 (pp.125-128), hinges split, contemp. sheep, rubbed, rebacked, 12mo in 6s Rare. (1)
£100-150
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£70-100
Lot 19 18 Hardy (Thomas). A Pair of Blue Eyes, Henry S. King, 1877, eng. frontis., 32pp. pubs. cat. at rear, scattered light foxing, W.H. Smith oval embossed stamp on front free endpaper, hinges neatly repaired, orig. bevel-edged dec. blue cloth gilt, rebacked, preserving orig. faded spine, with ‘C. Kegan Paul & Co.’ lettered in gilt at foot, corners sl. rubbed, 8vo
19 Harris (John, C. Chapple, and J.W. Marriott, pubs.). Two bound volumes containing sixteen chapbooks, early 19th century, eng. illusts. to each, some with orig. hand-colouring, some toning and edge-tears, contemp. half roan, rubbed, some wear to extrems., vol. 1 with lower cover detached and vol. 2 with upper cover detached, 16mo
First UK one-volume edition, second issue: the publishing firm of Henry S. King was taken over by Kegan Paul after publication of the first issue (which bears ‘Henry S. King’ on both spine and title-page). Both issues are rare. (1) £100-150
Containing the following titles: The Butterfly’s Ball, and the Grasshopper’s Feast, by Mr. Roscoe, Harris, 1808 (eight hand-coloured plates); The Peacock “At Home”, Harris, 1808 (six hand-coloured plates); The Fishes Grand Gala, Parts 1 and 2, Chapple, 1808 (six plates to each, those to first part handcoloured); The Elephant’s Ball, Harris, 1808 (eight plates); The Lion’s Masquerade, Harris, 1808 (six hand-coloured plates); The Lioness’s Ball, Chapple, c.1807 (six hand-coloured plates); The Feast of the Fishes, Harris, 1808 (hand-coloured frontispiece); The Lobster’s Voyage to the Brazils, Harris, 1808 (eight plates); The Mermaid “At Home”, Harris, 1809 (eight plates, one with upper outer corner torn away with loss of image); The Horse’s Levee, or the Court of Pegasus, Harris, 1808 (eight plates); The Council of Dogs, Harris, 1808 (eight hand-coloured plates); The Peacock and Parrot, on their Tour..., Harris, 1816 (six hand-coloured plates); The Cat’s Concert, Chapple, c.1808 (fourteen hand-coloured plates); The Rose’s Breakfast, Harris, 1808 (eight hand-coloured plates); The Winter’s Night, Taunton: J.W. Marriott, 1815 (four plates). Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (2) £700-1000
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22 James (Henry). The Reverberator, 2 vols., 1st ed., MacMillan & Co., 1888, half-titles, pubs. ads. at rear of first vol., orig. blue cloth gilt, sl. cocked, very sl. rubbed (generally in clean condition), 8vo Edel & Laurence A31a. Published in June 1888, in an edition of only 500 copies (2) £100-150
23 James (Henry). The Portrait of a Lady, 3 vols., 1st ed., 2nd imp., pub. MacMillan, 1882, bookplate for 'Edward Joseph Dent' to front pastedown of each, a few prelims. loose to vol. 2, hinges weak, orig. cloth gilt, vol. 1 with tape repairs to spine, rubbed, 8vo Edel and Laurence A16a. The first impression of this work was published in November 1881 with a print run of 750 copies. The second impression (as here) had a print run of 250 copies. (3) £200-300
24 James (Henry). The Princess Casamassima, 3 vols., 1st ed., London & New York, Macmillan & Co., 1886, half-titles, single-page pubs. ad. to rear of both second and third vols., orig. dark brown endpapers with bookplate of Thomas W. Cook, Braemar House, 162, Cromwell Road, W. to front pastedown of each vol., orig. blue-green cloth gilt, upper covers ruled in black, sl. rubbed, third vol. with small slash mark near fore-edge, 8vo Edel & Laurence A29a. One of 750 copies printed (3)
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£700-1000
25 James (Henry). The Other House, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1st/2nd imp. respec., pub. William Heinemann, 1896, half-title to each vol., 32 pp. pub's cat. to rear of each vol., the second dated August 1896, orig. blue cloth, rubbed and some soiling, spines somewhat marked and darkened, 8vo Edel & Laurence A47a. The first printing consisted of 600 copies. The second impression consisted of 400 copies printed simultaneously with the first impression, but with the imprint Second Edition on the title-page (2) £200-300
Lot 24
20 [Hey, Wilhelm]. Noch Funfzig Fabeln fur Kinder. In Bildern, gezeichnet von Otto Speckter..., Hamburg: Frederich Perthes, c.1840s, numerous letterpress engs., browned and foxed, contemp. ms. name at head of title-page, lacking rear free endpaper, orig. printed pictorial boards, rubbed and sl. wear to extrems., 8vo, together with another edition printed in Gotha by Friedrich Andreas Berthes, contemp. marbled calf, prize binding, rebacked, plus Grimm (A.L.), Marchen aus dem Morgenlande fur die Jugend, Hamburg: Georg Heubel, 1851, five hand-col. eng. plts., incl. addn. title, scattered foxing, sq. 8vo, plus Muller (Pastor Heinrich), Erzahlungen des Lehrers in den Spiel-und Ruhestunden..., Leipzig: Christian Conrad Krappe, c.1838, six hand-col. eng. plts., incl. frontis. and title (latter with lib. ink stamps on verso), 6pp. pubs. ads. at rear, lightly toned and foxed, lib. label on front pastedown, contemp. ms. ownership signature on front free endpaper, lacking rear free endpaper, sm. 8vo, plus five other German children’s books (9)
26 James (Henry). Roderick Hudson, 3 vols., 1st London ed., Macmillan & Co., 1879, half-titles, pubs. cat. to rear of first vol., dated May 1879, orig. cloth, rubbed and some wear, second vol. with spine deficient, contemp. Circulating Library labels to head of upper cover of each vol., 8vo Edel & Laurence A3b. The first English edition (originally published in Boston in 1875), and the first appearance of Henry James in England. Only 500 copies printed. (3) £100-150
27 James (Henry). The Aspern Papers, Louisa Pallant, The Modern Warning, 2 vols., 1st ed., pub. Macmillan & Co., 1888, half-title to each vol., 6 pp. pubs. ads. at rear of second vol., some scattered spotting to front and rear of each vol., orig. blue-green cloth gilt, rubbed and some wear, with joints frayed and some darkening to spines, remains of old paper labels to upper cover and spine of each vol., 8vo
£100-150
Edel & Laurence A32a. Only 650 copies printed. (2)
21 James (Henry). The Portrait of a Lady, 3 vols., 1st ed., London, MacMillan & Co., 1881, half-titles, occ. minor marks, one or two leaves to third vol. with some juvenile marks in pencil, 24 pp. pubs. cat. at rear of third vol., dated April 1881, orig. dark brown endpapers, orig. dark blue-green cloth, ruled in black, with contemp. printed bookplate of W. Richards' Circulating Library to head of upper cover of each vol., first vol. lacking rear cover and spine, and with upper cover detached, second vol. with spine detached along upper joint, third vol. with large portion of spine detached and loosely inserted inside, generally a little rubbed and bumped to corners, 8vo
£200-300
28 James (Henry). The Europeans. A Sketch, 2 vols., 1st ed., Macmillan & Co., 1878, half-title to each vol., pubs. cat at rear of first vol. not bound in, contemp. half morocco, heavily rubbed and worn on spines, 8vo, together with The Two Magics (The Turn of the Screw, Covering End), 1st ed., 2nd imp., pub. William Heinemann, 1898, half-title, with list of author's works to verso, 32 pp. pubs. cat. at rear, orig. light blue cloth, a little rubbed and spine somewhat faded, 8vo, plus What Maisie Knew, 1st English ed., pub. William Heinemman, 1897, orig. cloth, very sl. rubbed, and six other Henry James titles, including Confidence, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1880, The Spoils of Poynton, 1897, The Ambassadors, 1903, The Better Sort, 1903
Edel & Laurence A16a. Published in November 1881, in an edition of only 750 copies (3) £700-1000
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£200-300
32 Kipling (Rudyard). The City of Dreadful Night, 1st English ed., pub. Sampson Low, [1891], 96pp., some closed tears and light soiling, leaves loose, previous owner signature, original wrapper, spine worn, covers detached, some stains, 8vo (1)
£150-200
33 Kipling (Rudyard). Wee Willie Winkie & Other Child Stories, 1st ed., 1st issue, pub. Wheeler, [Allahabad, 1888], 104pp., some closed tears and creases, original wrapper, lacking spine, covers detached and chipped, 8vo (1)
£150-200
29 Juvenile Writing Sheet Broadside. The Obstinate Jack Ass, printed and sold by Edward Langley, c. 1800, eng. sheet with eight vignettes of children’s games to margins, larger vignette header and decorative tail-piece with imprint beneath, the blank area for writing practice completed in a large copperplate hand, signed and dated by James Fowler, 12th November 1800, a little soiling and a few marginal splits including one closed tear into image lower left corner, one page, laid paper, 475 x 380mm (1)
£100-150
30 Kendall (Edward Augustus). The Crested Wren, 1st ed., pub. E. Newbery, 1799, 156pp., eng. frontis., wood eng. vignette to title by Bewick (first word of title close-trimmed at head), modern cloth backed boards, 12mo Roscoe, J205; Gumuchian, 2492; Osborne, 1, p.271. (1)
£70-100
34 Kipling (Rudyard). Soldiers Three: A Collection of Stories..., 7th ed., 1890; The City of Dreadful Night and Other Places, c.1892; The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Tales, c.1893; In Black and White, 5th ed., c.1893; Under the Deodars, 3rd ed., c.1893, Allahabad, A.H. Wheeler, Indian Railway Library, and London, Sampson Low, together five booklets, some with contemp. ms. ownership name at head of title, a few titles toned, orig. printed wrappers, browned and generally chipped and frayed, The City of Dreadful Night with covers detached, slim 8vo
31 Kennedy (Grace). Andrew Campbell’s Visit to His Irish Cousins, 3rd ed., Edinburgh: William Oliphant, 1829, eng. frontis., 3pp. pubs. ads. at rear, frontis. and title-page lightly foxed, book ticket of Anne and F.G. Renier on front pastedown, hinges split, orig. half roan, rubbed, lower joint beginning to split, 12mo in 6s, together with Hofland (Barbara), The Son of a Genius; a Tale, for the Use of Youth, new ed.., J. Harris, 1818, eng. frontis. (offset to title), occn. light spotting, orig. roan-backed boards, rubbed and dust-soiled, 12mo in 6s, plus [Sandham, Elizabeth], The Godmother’s Tales, 5th ed., J. Harris, 1817, etched frontis. (offset to title), early ms. name on front free endpaper, hinges split, orig. roan-backed marbled boards, rubbed, extrems. worn, plus twenty-eight other children’s books, mostly 19th c., incl. some defective, and some odd vols. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (31)
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£150-200
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£200-300
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Lot 36
35 Le Musee des Dames et des Demoiselles. Les Fleurs; Les Mineraux; Les Insects; Les Oiseaux; Les Fruits; Les Papillons, [Paris: Marcilly Aine], c.1830, together a complete set of six vols., each with hand-col. eng. frontis., scattered foxing, stitching sl. strained in places, orig. boards, upper covers embossed and with hand-col. oval engraving mounted in centre, sm. 8vo, contained together in orig. box, pull-off lid with embossed gilt sides and eng. title label (sl. rubbed and dusty), some corners split (1)
37 Miniature books. Friendship’s Offering; A Sacred Gift in Verse and Prose, Rock, Brothers, and Payne, 1848, eight eng. plts. (foxed), a.e.g., orig. blindstamped and gilt dec. morocco, lightly rubbed, 56 x 46mm (2.25 x 1.75in), together with Hebrew Lyrics, Select Poems on Old Testament Subjects, Religious Tract Society, 1837, contemp. ms. inscriptions at front, a.e.g., orig. calf gilt, sl. rubbed and marked, lower joint sometime repaired and with small hole, 74 x 55mm (2.75 x 2in), plus The Book of Common Prayer... together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Eyre and Spottiswoode, c.1900, turquoise silk endpapers, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. black morocco with hallmarked silver upper cover embossed with cherubs, 56 x 47mm (2.25 x 2in), plus five other miniature books, all contained in an early 20th c. gilt dec. leather box with pull-off lid
£300-500
36 Manuscript. Sophia or The Blind Girl, A Tale, by Madame De Montolieu, Translated from the French by Anne Hope Graham, c.1810, 68pp. manuscript, incl. title-page, fly-title, and dedication leaf (latter with small hole, affecting a few letters), pen, ink, and grisaille wash frontis. (several pin holes in blank fore-margin), marbled endpapers, orig. red boards, rubbed and some sl. wear to extrems., 8vo
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£100-150
38 [Mortimer, Favell Lee]. The Peep of Day Series, 10 vols., Hatchards, 1878-79, eng. full-page illusts., edges foxed, orig. burgundy boards gilt, extrems. rubbed, sm. 8vo, contained in orig. green cloth box, gilt title dulled, two corners broken, box 159 x 267 x 107mm (6.25 x 10.5 x 4.25in)
An English translation of one of the stories from Madame Montolieu’s ‘Recueil de Contes’ (1805), dedicated to the translator’s mother: “Tho’ few are more capable of discovering its many errors, than she for whom this little volume is particularly designed, yet I feel assured, that she will regard them with a Mother’s eye, and in this hope, dedicate and present to her, this sincere tho’ trifling tribute of gratitude from an affectionate Child, AHG.” A manuscript note tipped-in on the verso of the front free endpaper reads: “Miss Anne Hope Lowry was a very clever Pianist and Linguist, and lived to be nearly 90, I think. I remember her well when I was a little Girl, and even then she could play and sing and act! You and I and Graham, and Mary Hope all derive our names from General Hope, whose memorial is in the Abbey. This little Book was written and bound by your Great Grand Aunt Anne Hope Lowry, the Daughter of the Revd. James Graham,- and niece of General Hope”. (1) £150-200
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£70-100
39 O’Donnell (John Francis). Poems. With introduction by Richard Dowling, 1st ed., pub. Ward & Downey, 1891, b&w headand tail-pieces, a.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo John Francis O’Donnell (1837-1874), the Irish journalist and poet, was born in Limerick. The posthumous edition of O’Donnell’s Poems was edited by Richard Dowling for the Irish Literary Society. (1) £100-150
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40 Onwhyn (Thomas). £300 a Year, or Single and Married Life, Dedicated to All Young Bachelors, Rock & Co., 1859, ten hand col. etchings with text beneath, incl. title-page (one corner a little creased), bound concertina style (split at one fold and paperrepaired to verso), small stain at foot of gutter throughout, orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed and dusty, spine with 1.5” split, 151 x 153mm (6 x 6 ins), together with Marmaduke Multiply’s Merry Method of Making Minor Mathematicians, or the Multiplication Table Illustrated by Sixty-Nine Appropriate Engravings, John Harris, c.1844, sixty-five only (of 69) hand-col. litho. plts., several with captions altered in an early hand, 16pp. pubs. cat. at rear, title-page with some surface abrasion and early ms. names at head, stitching partially broken and some gatherings starting, some light toning and spotting, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, faded and sl. worn, with old stitched repair to spine, 12mo (2)
44 Smith (Rev. Thomas). Lucinda; or, Virtue Triumphant: a Moral Tale. Designed for the Instruction of Youth, 1st ed., E. Newbery, 1801, eng. frontis. (trimmed to border at gutter and re-attached), D6 frayed at fore-margin with small repair (no loss of text), generally toned, frontis. and title dusty, early ms. inscriptions on front endpapers (and later inscription on prelim. blank), orig. green half calf gilt, rubbed, 12mo in 6s, together with [Goodrich, Samuel Griswold], Tales about the Sun, Moon, and Stars, by Peter Parley..., 4th ed., with great additions and improvements, printed for Thomas Tegg, 1842, eng. frontis. and numerous letterpress engs., 3pp. pubs. ads. at rear, contemp. ms. inscription on front free endpaper, orig. blindstamped brown cloth gilt, spine extrems. frayed, sm. 8vo, plus The Boy’s Week-Day Book, a new edition, revised, 1849, eng. frontis. (spotted) and numerous letterpress engs., contemp. ms. inscription on prelim. blank, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. maroon morocco, rubbed, upper cover sl. bowed, upper joint with short split at foot, 8vo, plus thirteen other 19th c. children’s books, incl. Jessy Allan, the Lame Girl, by Grace Kennedy, 10th ed., 1842, The Public Buildings of Westminster Described, John Harris, 1831, and Rural Scenes or A Peep into the Country for Children, Harvey & Darton, (defective and repaired)
£100-150
41 [Pinchard, Elizabeth Sibthorpe (Mrs)]. The Two Cousins, a Moral Story for the use of Young Persons. In Which is Exemplified the Necessity opf Moderation and Justice to the Attainment of Happiness, 1st ed., 1794, 4pp. pubs. list at end, bound without frontispiece, one lower corner torn away, previous owner inscriptions, some light spotting and dampstains, contemporary calf, some wear, 8vo (1)
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£100-150
£150-200
42 Robin Hood. Aldine Robin Hood Library, nos. 1-88 [1924-27?], lacking only issues no. 2, 7 & 8, orig. pict. wrappers, many frayed and detached and a few lower wrappers deficient, some finger soiling and page curling, slim 8vo (85)
£70-100
43 Routledge (George, pub.). A set of ten story books, c.1880, together ten story books, all with full-page letterpress engs., bound in orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards, some light rubbing and dustsoiling, but generally in good condition, sm. 4to, contained in a later purpose-made box, covered in floral paper, broken at some corners, typed catalogue description mounted on lid A rare set, titled as follows: Nursery Pleasures; The Household Fairy; Kind Little Heart; Little Ann’s Picture Book; Happy Playtime; Baby Boy’s Picture Book; Little Sugar-Plum; Red Rover; Mamma’s Little Pet; Happy Pet. (10) £200-300
Lot 45
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45 Stevenson (Robert Louis). Treasure Island, 1st ed., 1st issue, pub. Cassell, 1883, three colour map frontispiece, 4pp. pubs. list coded 5G-783, contemporary presentation inscription to front endpaper, front hinges cracking, bookplate, original green cloth, edges a trifle rubbed, 8vo
47 Stoker (Bram). Dracula, 7th ed., pub. Archibald Constable, 1899, half-title, single-page advert for The Shoulder of Shasta, and 32 pp. pubs. cat. at rear, a few minor marks, orig. yellow cloth, lettered in red, a little rubbed and some overall soiling, 8vo (1)
£200-300
Prideaux 11, with the issue points: “Dead Man’s Chest” not capitalised on pp.2 & 7; no “a” in line 6, p.63; no “period” after “opportunity” in line 20, p.178; “worse” for “worst” in line 3, p.197. (1) £1500-2000
48 Verne (Jules, 1828-1905). Cinq Semaines en Ballon et Voyage au Centre de la Terre, Paris, Bibliotheque d’Education et de Recreation J. Hetzel et Cie, c. 1897, 267 & 219 pp., b&w wood eng. illusts. by Riou and Montaut, some light spotting to prelims., contemp. gift inscription to verso of front endpaper, dated Christmas 1897, a.e.g., orig. elaborately gilt-dec. pictorial cloth by Engel, in very good bright condition, large 8vo
46 Stevenson (Robert Louis). Kidnapped, Being Memoirs of the dventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751, 1st ed., 1st issue, pub. Cassell, 1886, folding map frontispiece, pubs. ads. at end coded 5G-7.86, a few minor spots, bookplate, original red cloth, Mudie’s Select Library label to upper cover, spine and margins faded, slight lean, 8vo Prideaux 18, with issue points: “business” on p.40; “nine o’clock” on p.64 and “Long Islands” on p.101. (1) £200-300
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£70-100
Lot 49 49 Wallis (John, publisher). The Book-Case of Knowledge, 1800, ten miniature vols., comprising: Geography and Astronomy Familiarized for Youth of Both Sexes (hand-col. double-hemisphere map frontis. and uncol. eng. plt. of the solar system); A Familiar Introduction to Botany (five hand-col. eng. plts.); A Natural History of Birds and Beasts (sixteen eng. plts.); The History of England, from the Conquest to the Death of George II (eng. frontis., and hand-col. circular ports. on letterpress); Rewards for Attentive Studies (eng. frontis.); Mythology (eng. frontis.); A Compendium of Simple Arithmetic (eng. frontis.); Scripture History (eng. frontis.); Short and easy Rules for Attaining a Knowledge of English Grammar (eng. frontis.); British Heroism (eng. frontis.), several with eng. book ticket of Grosvenor’s Toy Rooms, Holborn, orig. coloured paper boards, with printed paper label on upper cover, dusty, most vols. expertly rebacked, approx. 98 x 58mm (3.75 x 2.25in), contained in orig. wooden box, lined with pink paper, drawer lacking handle, sliding lid with mounted hand-coloured pictorial label, box 177 x 104 x 80mm (7 x 4 x 3in) Alderson, Miniature Libraries for the Young, 4. (1)
£2500-3500
50 Wells (H.G.). The War of the Worlds, 1st ed., 1st issue, 1898, 16pp. adverts. at end (minor toning), scattered light spotting, original cloth, previous owner signature to upper cover, joints and edges lightly rubbed, 8vo Lot 50
(1) £400-600
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EARLY TOYS, GAMES & PLAYING CARDS
51* The Boyhood of Famous Men. A New Game. Arranged by M.C.O., 2nd ed., J. Grubb, c.1870s, 31pp. booklet, 105 x 68mm (4 x 2.75in), one leaf close-trimmed clipping edge of text, some corners curled, orig. gilt-patterned blue wrappers, twelve printed character cards and ninety-two answer cards (complete), all contained in orig. box, with hand-col. eng. of Puffing Billy mounted on hinged lid, sl. rubbed and dusty with minor wear in places, box height 39 x width 155 x depth 103mm (1.5 x 6 x 4in) (1)
53* The Comic Boy. Amusement with a Swinging Pendulum Figure in Many Forms, Germany: G.W.E. & W., mid 19th c., toy with two-part mechanism, consisting of a col. litho. card body shape pasted to a wooden frame, and a weighted rocking pendulum on which to place the loose interchangeable parts, comprising three col. litho. human heads and three animal heads, plus five hats, height (with a head attached) approx. 160 x width 120mm (6.25 x 4.75in), contained in orig. cardboard box, with col. litho. label on pull-off lid, dusty and some sl. wear, box height 45 x width 145 x depth 130mm (1.75 x 5.75 x 5in)
£100-150
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54* Commemorative printed textile. A framed textile commemorating Robert Raikes, the founder of Sunday Schools, [Manchester, Geo Faulkner & Co, 1844], printed in pink on cream cotton, headed with a circular port. of Robert Raikes and the words ‘Golden Maxims. A Sunday well spent/Brings a week of content,/And health for the toils of the morrow/But a Sabbath profaned,/Whatsoe’er may be gained/Is a certain forerunner of sorrow’, with large vign. below of children passing the Sunday School on their way to church, with ‘Rules of Behaviour’ in verse on the left, and ‘Hymn for Sabbath Schools’ on the right, some foxing, and a few small holes to lower blank margin, 410 x 608mm (16 x 23.75in), framed and glazed
52* The Changing Companions. Comic Metamorphoses, German, c.1840, ten hand-col. litho. figures, approx. 175 x 90mm (7 x 3.5in), mounted on wood, and each cut into four triangular pieces, so that they are interchangeable, dusty, occn. minor bubbling and edge-wear, contained in orig. wooden box, mounted hand-col. eng. label on sliding lid, box rubbed and dusty, box 197 x 201 x 39mm (7.75 x 7.75 x 1.5in) (1)
£200-300
£400-600
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£200-300
Lot 56
57* Disney (Walt). A Walt Disney child’s tea set, Crown Ducal, c.1930s, comprising two china cups and saucers with printed transfers on the cups (one with Mickey Mouse and the other with Minnie Mouse), and a china teapot, with printed transfer of Donald Duck, all hand-finished with terracotta line detailing (partially rubbed in places), maker’s mark on base of saucers, cups height 500mm (2in) and diameter 63mm (2.5in), teapot height 80mm (3in) and width 130mm (5in)
55* Crandall’s John Gilpin. An Illustration of the Fine Old English Ballad, John Gilpin’s Ride. Poetry Reduced to Fact. A Toy for Young and Old. A Thing of Beauty. A Joy Forever..., c.1860s, painted jointed wooden horse (with several small worm holes) and rider with detachable hat, together with illustrated ballad sheet, dustsoiled and with a couple of pencil scribbles, frayed at folds and edges with sl. loss, laid down on linen, 960 x 635mm (37.75 x 25in), lacking cane and box, together with three boxed games, comprising: Buccaneer (complete with rolled paper ‘board’ in tube); Monopoly; and Lotto
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£70-100
The broadside with printed poem and twenty-three engravings: ‘Most of the figures on this sheet are illustrations of the Ballad, but Gilpin and his Horse may be set up in thousands of different and amusing positions, of which the few here presented are simply suggestions.’ (4) £100-150
56* Dean’s Rag Book Co. Ltd. Dean’s Nursery Alphabet, c. 1916, colour-printed cotton nursery hanging, illustrating the letters of the alphabet with animals, top and bottom edges unevenly cut and sl. frayed, but generally in bright condition, 408 x 1017mm (16 x 40in) (1)
£100-150
Lot 58
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58* Dodgson (Rev. Charles Lutwidge, ‘Lewis Carroll’). A set of early 20th c. doilies illustrated with Tenniel characters from Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, together ten square doilies, printed on cream silk, with fringed edging, a few minor marks, overall size approx. 170 x 170mm (6.75 x 6.75in) (10)
£80-120
59* Dodgson (Rev. Charles Lutwidge, ‘Lewis Carroll’). An early 20th c. chess set based on John Tenniel’s illustrations for Through the Looking Glass, thirty-two moulded plaster pieces (complete), glazed (terracotta/white), one of the white castles sl. chipped to tip of hat, height of tallest piece (terracotta king) 84mm (3.25in), height of smallest pieces (terracotta pawns, modelled as oysters) 41mm (1.5in) Rare, and an amazing survival of a complete set in near-perfect condition. We have been unable to trace another set. (32) £300-500
Lot 61
60* Dominoes. Historical Dominoes, [Darton?], c.1850s, a set of forty pictorial dominoes, hand-col. litho. mounted on thin softwood lined with backing paper, depicting monarchs, battles, coronations, shipwrecks, rebellions, etc., occn. light rubbing and marks, approx. 115 x 55mm (4.5 x 2in), lacking printed instruction sheet, contained in orig. wooden box, hand-col. eng. label mounted on sliding lid, box 190 x 245 x 45mm (7.5 x 9.5 x 1.75in) (1)
£100-150
61 Dunn (Theo L.). Ronald. The Story of a Bullfinch, Dedicated to all those Old enough to be Young enough to understand it, n.d., c.1930s, 85 leaves of original typescript, with two tipped-in watercolour plts. (each approx. 220 x 150mm), twenty small tippedin pen & ink illustrations (inc. three hand-painted), orig. boards with typed paper label to upper board, side sewn at spine edge, folio (1)
62* Greenaway (Kate, School of). A set of eleven square silk doilies each with a hand-coloured pen and ink drawing, c.1900, together eleven orig. pen and ink drawings on cream silk, with gouache and bodycolour, depicting children in the manner of Kate Greenaway, each with a lace border, some staining and creasing, overall size approx. 155 x 155mm (6 x 5in)
£100-150
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£100-150
63 Jigsaw maps. Philips’ Map Building Puzzle, England & Wales, Geo. Philip & Son, c.1900; The P. & T. Series of Cut-Out Maps, Europe, Philip & Tacey, c.1900, together two col. printed map jigsaw, each approx. seventy pieces, approx. 320 x 24mm (12.5 x 9.5 ins), contained in orig. blue and white cardboard boxes with printed label on lids (box extrems. rubbed and a little worn), together with a boxed game entitled Plus & Minus, c.1930s, complete with all counters, cards, and boards, and three other boxed games, incl. a 1930s set of shaped wooden blocks contained in orig. wooden box with sliding lid (6)
66* Kaleidoscope. Kaleidoscopic Colour-Top, Invented and patented by John Gorham, April 14th, 1858, and sold by Elliott Brothers, large turned wooden spinning top, comprising a circular disc with a diameter of 140mm (5.5in) and a spindle in two detachable parts, lacking the wooden handle, together with nine pierced black paper discs, all but two with attached string, a large yellow card disc with slit, a smaller star-patterned card disc, and four small colour cut shapes, some wear, plus facsimile instruction sheet, contained in orig. wooden box with two compartments and hinged lid (cracked), with printed title label inside lid, lacking a hook clasp, box 165 x 250 x 42mm (6.5 x 9.75 x 1.5in)
£70-100
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£80-120
64* Jigsaw Puzzles. Johnny Gilpin, n.p., c.1835, hand-col. engraving mounted on wood and cut to make a jigsaw, approx. fifty pieces, lacking one piece of the border, one piece repaired, some minor worming, mostly to reverse, together with orig. hand-col. eng. guide sheet, toned, some tears, with adhesive tape repairs/stains on verso, 243 x 335mm (9.5 x 13.25in), contained in orig. wooden box, mounted hand-col. eng. on sliding lid, 182 x 145 x 38mm (7.25 x 5.75 x 1.5in), together with two other jigsaws, comprising The Most Remarkable Events in the Life Of Moses and Travels of the Children of Israel from Egypt to the Promised Land, William Darton, 1813, and England Dissected for the Instruction of Youth in Geography, [William Darton?], c.1800, both contained in orig. wooden box with sliding lid, both lacking pieces (3)
£150-200
65 Jigsaws. A miscellaneous collection of eighteen 20th c. wooden jigsaw puzzles, incl. Tuck’s Zag-Zaw Royal Picture Puzzle (two versions), Locomotives Old and New (Chad Valley), Drake Goes West (Chad Valley), Industrial Life of England & Wales, (Victory), Aldershot Tattoo (Chad Valley); The Sleeping Beauty (Victory), Union-Castle Liner “Winchester Castle” (Victory), R.M.S. Queen Elizabeth, and others similar, not checked for completeness, mostly contained in orig. boxes (some wear and repairs) (18)
£100-150
67* Map puzzle. A set of geographic puzzle blocks, Paris, Logerot, c.1850, thirty-five play blocks, with hand-coloured engravings laid down on each face of the blocks, to form six maps (Mappemonde; Oceanie; France; Europe; Afrique; Asie), occn. surface rubbing, complete with the six guide sheets (Asie mounted on top of box), toned and some short edge-tears, ‘France’ with silver fish damage, contained in orig. wooden box with metal catch (1)
Lot 66
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£400-600
Lot 68 68* Peepshow. Der Tunnel, German, c.1830, a peepshow of the Thames Tunnel, with six hand-col. litho. divisions (incl. box), showing a perspective view of the twin shafts of the Tunnel with pedestrians and carriages beneath the arches, and shipping crafts on the River Thames above, paper bellows (with hole in one side) incorporating lid and base of box, lid with hand-col. pictorial label and three circular viewing holes, box rubbed and soiled, 155 x 185mm (6 x 7.25in), extending 540mm (21.25in) (1)
£200-300
69* Peepshow. Lane’s Telescopic View of the Great Exhibition, 1851, ten hand-col. litho. divisions, incl. top with circular glass peephole (glass becoming detached), depicting the interior of the exhibition at Crystal Palace with numerous figures, fountains and trees, a little spotting and dust-soiling, linen bellows, 160 x 180mm (6.25 x 7in), extending 690mm (27in), preserved in orig. cardboard slipcase with hand-col. label, soiled and broken (1)
Lot 69
£300-400
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Lot 70 Lot 72 70* Peepshow. Optique No.4, Promenade de Longchamp, c.1830, six hand-col. litho. divisions, incl. top with circular peephole, depicting a tree-lined avenue with numerous pedestrians, carriages, and riders, paper bellows (a little creased and edge-torn with several small paper repairs), extrems. sl. rubbed, 120 x 140mm (4.75 x 5.5in), extending 480mm (19in), preserved in orig. cardboard slipcase with eng. title label (1)
73 Playing cards. Besancon tarot cards, Offenburg, Xa. Gailer, c.1780, seventy-six (of 78) wood engraved cards with stencilled colouring, Italian suits, comprising Fool card, full-length trump cards numbered I-XXI (II and V with Juno and Jupiter respectively), four aces and pip cards numbered II-X (lacking five of swords), and four full-length court cards (lacking the knight of swords), pink paste paper versos, rounded corners, lightly dust-soiled, 123 x 66mm (5 x 2.5 ins)
£300-400
Mann, All Cards on the Table, no.209. (1)
71* Peepshow. A hand-made early-mid 19th century peepshow of the Champs-Elysees, six pen, ink, and watercolour divisions, incl. top (showing the Marly Horses) with circular peephole (dusty), depicting a tree-lined avenue with numerous pedestrians, carriages, and riders, paper bellows stained and a number of the folds repaired with archive tape, 116 x 145mm (4.5 x 5.75in), extending 500mm (19.75in) (1)
£200-300
74 [Potter, Beatrix]. Picture Block Story of Peter Rabbit [covertitle], Worcester, Mass.: Cotton & Frank, c.1930s, eight col. printed laminated wooden blocks, with pictures and alphabet letters, surface generally peeling and cracked, with some loss, restrained by a piece of card with cut-out spaces for the blocks and text below, all contained in orig. cardboard bookform box with text on inside of hinged lid, rubbed and soiled, some wear to extrems., box dimensions 234 x 180 x 45mm (9 x 7 x 1.75in)
£200-300
72* Playing cards, The Forbidden City, Pekin & Chinese Views, Los Angeles, California, Grimes-Stassforth Stationery Co., 1901, a deck of fifty-four playing cards, comprising four suits of thirteen cards (each with a different photographic illustration), Li Hung Chang Joker, and Index card titled ‘Prominent Views’, some soiling and edge-tears (with occn. sl. loss to a few corners), the three of clubs torn in two vertically and sometime repaired with adhesive tape, 88 x 62mm (3.5 x 2.5 ins)
Rare. Americanised version of Beatrix Potter’s tale, with new Disney-style illustrations. (1) £100-150
A set of cards commemorating the Boxer Rebellion, including scenes of execution, views of the Imperial Palace and other notable buildings, tea packing, women prisoners, courts of justice, an opium joint, etc. (1) £70-100
Lot 71
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75* Praxinoscope Theatre. A French praxinoscope theatre, by E. R. [Raynaud], manufactured by Brevete, c.1880, a black-painted drum, 220mm (8.5in) in diameter, with 12-section mirror centre, on turned wooden support, together with candle-holder, brass shade support, and paper shade supplied in facsimile, overall height approx. 310mm (12in), with ten col. litho. card motion strips numbered 11-20, showing children, animals, etc., length 660mm (26in) The picture strips are entitled: Les Scieurs de Long; Le Jeu du Volant; Le Petit Moulin a Eau; Le Dejeuner de Bebe; La Rosace Magique; Les Papillons; Le Trapeze; La Nageuse; Le Singe Musicien; Clissade et Saut de Mouton. (1) £400-600
76* Raphael Tuck & Sons (publishers). Father Tuck’s Washable Calico Nursery Mat, No. 1151, c.1916, colour-printed fabric nursery hanging, with eighteen illustrations and verses from nursery rhymes, circular metal eyelet at each corner, one missing with consequent fraying, 443 x 930mm (17.5 x 36.5in), together with Father Tuck’s Washable Calico Nursery Mat, No. 1150, c.1916, colour-printed fabric nursery hanging, showing the letters of the alphabet illustrated by animals, circular metal eyelet at each corner, two lacking with consequent fraying, 446 x 910mm (17.5 x 36in), plus Dean’s Rag Book Co. Ltd., Dean’s Nursery Alphabet, c.1916, colour-printed cotton nursery hanging, illustrating the letters of the alphabet with animals, top and bottom edges unevenly cut and sl. frayed, 408 x 1017mm (16 x 40in) (2)
Lot 75
Lot 76
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£100-150
78 The Speaking Picture Book, A New Picture Book with Characteristical Voices. c.1880, eight full-page chromo. illusts., with related poems, occn. light finger-soiling and spotting, each page with corresponding ‘pull’ to activate a sound effect (all working), each pull with turned ivory finial, orig. pictorial cloth, lightly dust-soiled and some minor edge-fraying, folio The sounds produced are that of the cock, the donkey, the lamb, birds, the cow, the cuckoo, the goat, and Mama and Papa. Unusually with all the voices working. Haining calls this ‘the pièce de résistance of any collection of moveables’ and adds that very few complete and fine copies have ‘survived youthful hands.’ (Haining, Moveable Books, pp.136/7) (1) £300-500
77* South Sea Bubble. [All the Bubbles], a deck of playing cards, c.1720, 45/52 playing cards, comprising four suits of thirteen (national suits, printed in black or sanguine), lacking the 2 of clubs, and the 4, 7, 10, jack, king, and ace of diamonds, and also without the title card, each card with engraved illustration and four-line stanza below, and each with miniature card printed in upper lefthand corner to indicate suit, ace of spades with red ink duty stamp, plain versos, occn. light rubbing and marks, but in good condition, each approx. 97 x 64mm (3.75 x 2.5in)
79* Zoetrope. A late 19th/early 20th century zoetrope, a slotted thick card drum, 150mm (5.75in) in diameter (wooden base with 2.5 in split), on turned wooden support, together with six doublesided duotone (red and black) pictorial paper motion strips, showing a sequence of silhouetted figures and animals engaged in acrobatics, dances, drolleries, etc., lightly foxed and toned, a few minor creases, approx. 440mm (17.25in) long
Tilley, p.123. Extremely rare set of playing cards, printed shortly after the South Sea Bubble scandal, which broke in England in 1720. The pack was printed to satirise spurious get-rich-quick schemes, with verse such as this entitled ‘Cureing Tobacco for Snuff’: “Here Slaves for Snuff, are sifting Indian Weed,/Whilst their O’erseer, does the Riddle feed,/The Dust arising, gives their Eyes much trouble,/To shew their Blindness that Espouse the Bubble.” The eight of spades depicts Puckle’s Machine, a gun invented by James Puckle in 1718, capable of firing up to nine rounds a minute, and sometimes considered the first machine gun: “A rare invention to Destroy the Crowd,/Of Fools at Home instead of Foes Abroad:/Fear not my Friends, this terrible Machine,/They’re only Wounded that have shares therein.” Other cards include: Whale Fishery; Holy Island - Salt; Drying Malt by the Air; Water Engine; Hemp & Flax; Bastard Children; Raddish Oil; Pensilvania Company; Settling Collonies in Accadia North America; Bahama Islands; Greenland Trade; Office for cureing the Grand Pox or Clap; Lute-String; Sugar; Bleeching of Hair; Lending Money upon Bottom-Ree; and Irish Sail Cloth. (1) £1500-2000
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£300-400
ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS & ARTWORK All lots unframed unless otherwise stated
Lot 81 80* Anderson (Martin, pseud “Cynicus”). Three humorous watercolour cartoons, c. 1900, pen, ink & watercolour cartoons, each signed Cynicus, and titled A Sally in our Alley, She Stoops to Conquer & The Poet, below image, signed 15 x 22cm (6 x 8.5 ins) and 21 x 15cm (8.25 x 6 ins), matching gilt frames, glazed (3)
81* Brock (Charles Edmund, RI, 1870-1938). Eighteen original drawings for Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, pub. Dent, 1907, together eighteen pen & ink and watercolour drawings, comprising title-page and seventeen illustrations, each within decorative border, all but title-page signed and dated 1907, sheet size approx. 380 x 265mm (15 x 10.5 ins), tipped-in to card folders, together with a publisher’s file copy of the book for which they were produced, orig. gilt dec. cloth, rear cover dusty but generally in bright condition
£70-100
The seventeen illustrations are titled: ‘It was the air and attitude of a Montoni!’; ‘Mr and Mrs Morland’s surprize... was considerable’; ‘Mr John Thorpe’; ‘Mr Allen... drinking his glass of water’; ‘Catherine grows quite a good-looking girl’; ‘“Pray, pray stop, Mr. Thorpe”‘; ‘“Well, Miss Morland... I hope you have had an agreeable ball.”‘; ‘Their joy on this meeting was very great’; ‘The luxury of a... frightened imagination over the pages of Udolpho’; ‘They would not go without her’; ‘Making her one of the most graceful bows’; ‘A famous good thing this marrying scheme!’; ‘“Can you stand such a ceremony as this!”‘; ‘“It was my mother’s favourite walk.”‘; ‘“Good God! How came you up that staircase?”‘; ‘A charming game with a litter of puppies’; ‘Introduced... as “Mr. Henry Tilney.”‘. (19) £7000-10000
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83* Caldecott (Randolph, 1846-1886). Three young ladies gossiping, pen, ink, & watercolour, heightened with bodycolour, of three seated young ladies taking tea and gossiping, with a standing maid looking on, 203 x 190mm (8 x 7.5in), mounted, framed and glazed, with pencilled note in purchaser’s hand on verso of frame ‘Bought at Sotheby’s June 1973’ (1)
82* Caldecott (Randolph, 1846-86, artist). Autograph letter signed, 11 November 1872, to Mrs. Middleton in Australia, referring to her recent marriage, and her celebrating of Christmas in New South Wales, with a pen & ink sketch of a tourist and emus at the head of the letter, and alluding in humorous fashion to his work as a sculptor: “Sculpture being a lofty and serious business my mind is gradually throwing aside the remaining fluffy threads of frivolity, and assuming a dignity that comports with noble aims and soulsplitting aspirations. The illustrations to my correspondence will be fewer; but remarkable for grace and dignity - thus - “ below which is a pen & ink sketch of a couple dining entitled ‘lunch at Vienna’, going on to say that for “For the last three days I have been wristdeep in soft clay and enjoying it - so do people enjoy it who suddenly come in and secure a friendly grasp of the artistic fist warmth of feeling forgetting clay”, 10pp., foxed and some edgetears, 178 x 112mm (7 x 4.5in), together with a 4pp. fragment of another letter signed by Caldecott, containing some observations on expression of emotions, and a pen & ink sketch of some figures seated on a bench entitled, ‘P.S. I am getting stronger, but I go out to tea in a bath-chair - when my friends live up-hill’ (2)
£400-600
84* Cloke (Rene, 1905-1995). A set of nine original illustrations, together nine pen & ink illustrations, all featuring a girl and a boy engaged in various activities, such as sailing, talking to a policeman, lost in a wood, fishing, playing with a dog, waiting at the station, etc., all signed, 250 x 157mm (10 x 6in) and smaller, all mounted, framed and glazed, together with three pairs of printed proofs for the same book, mounted Rene Cloke was born in Plymouth, but spent most of her life in London. She was an illustrator of books, postcards and greeting cards, producing, amongst other things, illustrations for several of Enid Blyton’s books. (12) £200-300
£150-200
Lot 85
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85* Cooke (William Cubitt, b.1866). Four original illustrations for The Master-Beggars, by Leslie Cope Cornford, pub. Dent, 1897, together four illustrations, pen, ink and wash, heightened with bodycolour, on artist’s board, all signed and dated ‘96, 270 x 215mm (10.5 x 8.5 ins) and smaller Atmospheric scenes of battles and Elizabethan figures. (4)
£100-150
Lot 87
86* Doctor Who. Original pen and ink cartoon story boards for ‘Change of Mind’ written by Kate Orman, drawn by Barrie Mitchell, which appeared in Doctor Who Magazine, nos. 221-223, 18th January to 15th March 1995, starring Jon Pertwee as The Doctor, pen and ink cartoon strips on twenty-one cards (three parts with seven pages each), each with acetate overlay with letters by Elitta Fell, lacks acetate to story page one of part two, approx. 37 x 26cm (21)
£150-200
87* Egan (Beresford, 1905-). ‘Reporting for Duty’, 1951, pen & ink on paper, signed and dated lower right, inscribed with title and date by the artist to verso, 32 x 21.5cm (12.5 x 8.5 ins), mounted (1)
£200-300
88* Egan (Beresford, 1905-). ‘Handmaiden’, 1975, watercolour with pen & ink, signed with monogram and dated lower left, additionally inscribed with title and date by the artist to verso, 38.7 x 29.2cm (15.25 x 11.5 ins) (1)
£300-400
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90 Original artwork. Three original illustrations for children’s books, early 20th c., together three pen, ink and watercolour drawings on paper, one for The Pied Piper, and two for The Water Babies, one of the latter trimmed to image on right-hand side and laid down, each approx. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9in) Competently drawn; reminiscent of the work of Anne Anderson. (3) £100-150
89* Meyerheim (Florence, b.1873). Original cover illustration for Ye Olde Woman and Her Silver 1d, pub. Dean, [1916], pen, ink, and watercolour, on card, 278 x 197mm (11 x 7.75in), together with a copy of the book for which it was painted, marginal water-staining, orig. pictorial card wrappers The original illustration differs in a number of details from that used in the publication, so presumably it was a first draft which was slightly re-worked by the artist. (2) £100-150
91* Rice Oxley (Margaret, early 20th c.). Moonlit scene with fairies, pen & ink illustration, showing fairies and elves dancing and playing on a river bank, with a turreted castle in the background illuminated by the moon, monogrammed in lower left-hand corner, 220 x 165mm (8.75 x 6.5in), mounted, framed and glazed, together with An original illustration for a poem entitled “I’m Glad”, pen & ink three-stanza poem within decorative border incorporating a cottage and garden, with a child and Nurse, with other figures from the poem around the margin (a native brandishing a bone, the vicar’s wife in her stiff dress, and Uncle James playing chess), monogrammed in lower right-hand corner, 325 x 253mm (12.75 x 10in), mounted, framed and glazed (2)
£150-200
92* Rice Oxley (Margaret, early 20th c.). A pair of original illustrations for a poem entitled “The Dream Shop”, together two pen & ink drawings, one depicting a witch in the clouds high above the rooftops, dispensing ‘dreams’ in the form of peaches, toys, a ship sailing to the moon, and monsters and ghouls, etc., the other with four-stanza poem within pictorial border of fairies, king and queens, etc., both monogrammed, 220 x 170mm (8.75 x 6.5in), and 347 x 235mm (13.5 x 9.25in) respectively, both mounted, framed and glazed
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£150-200
93* Rice Oxley (Margaret, early 20th c.). “Apotheosis of Columbine”, pen & ink illustration, showing a night-time garden scene by a river, with Columbine rising heavenwards and Pierrot and Harlequin trying to stop her, monogrammed in lower right-hand corner, 305 x 223mm (12 x 8.75in), mounted, framed and glazed, together with An original illustration for a poem entitled “Song of the Elfin Children”, pen & ink drawing, with 20-line poem within decorative border of fairies dancing to the music of Pan’s pipes, foxed, monogrammed in lower right-hand border, 283 x 180mm (11 x 7in), plus An original illustration possibly for a title-page or poem, entitled “Pandora”, pen & ink drawing of a decorative border, incorporating a seated Pandora and her box, with various devils and imps, a few fox spots, signed in lower right-hand corner, 305 x 208mm (12 x 8.25in), mounted, framed and glazed (3)
£200-300
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94* Rice Oxley (Margaret, early 20th c.). A pair of original illustrations for a poem entitled “The Garden of Dreams”, together two pen & ink drawings, one depicting a lady watching children playing in a garden, the other with three-stanza poem within pictorial border showing a lady in a garden and elfin musicians, some faint foxing, both monogrammed in lower right-hand corner, 229 x 176mm (9 x 7in) and 280 x 267mm (11 x 10.5in) respectively, both mounted, framed and glazed, plus An original illustration for a poem about the immortality of fairies entitled “Dedication to V.A.G.”, pen & ink drawing, with a three-stanza poem surrounded by elves and fairies, 310 x 193mm (12.25 x 7.5in), mounted, framed and glazed (3)
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£200-300
95* Rice Oxley (Margaret, early 20th c.). A shepherdess sitting on a hill under a tree overlooking a mountainous landscape with a castle, watercolour and pastel drawing, signed in lower right-hand corner, 273 x 215mm (10.75 x 8.5in), mounted, framed and glazed (1)
97* Wain (Louis). Cat stalking a bird perched on a plant pot, early 20th c., hand-coloured litho. on silk, with printed signature, 220 x 195mm (8.5 x 7.5in), mounted, framed and glazed (1)
£200-300
£100-150
96* Rice Oxley (Margaret, early 20th c.). “When You Do Dance I Wish You A Wave O’The Sea”, watercolour drawing, depicting a dancing maiden in diaphanous clothing, within classical architectural framework incorporating title, surrounded by mermaids, fish, Neptune, gulls, galleons, starfish, etc., 280 x 230mm (11 x 9in), mounted, framed and glazed
98* Wood (Lawson, 1878-1957). “Raising the Wind”, original illustration used in Playhour Annual, 1951, watercolour and gouache, on artists’ board, showing a pair of busking chimpanzees, one playing a trombone and the other singing, some markings to right-hand margin (not affecting the chimps), reverse with ms. title and labels, 385 x 305mm (15 x 12in)
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PRIVATE PRESS
99 Barrie (J.M.). The Novels, Tales and Sketches of J.M. Barrie, 8 vols., pub. Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York/Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1896, b & w frontis. to each, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. half vellum, spines lettered in gilt (some spotting to spines), contained in four publisher’s cardstock slipcases (worn and broken), 8vo
103 Golden Cockerel Press. The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidius Naso, Translated by the Most Eminent Hands, A Selection from the 1717 edition, with Drawings by J. Yunge Bateman, 1958, vign. title, ten b&w plts., with an extra set of fourteen plts. (three of which don’t appear in the book), loose in matching wallet, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. full morocco gilt by Mansell, in orig. cloth slipcase, 4to
Limited edition, printed on Japan paper, 20/250, volume one signed by J.M. Barrie. A further four volumes were printed in 1911. (8) £100-150
Limited edition 17/75. (1)
£200-300
100 Caxton Press. A collection of twenty-three books printed at the Caxton Press, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1940s/50s, all orig. wrappers/cloth, some in d.j.s., generally in good condition, 8vo
104 Golden Cockerel Press. The Silver Crescent, by Somerset de Chair, 1943, b&w illusts., pict. endpapers, rough-trimmed, orig. qtr. morocco gilt, fading to spine, 4to
Comprising: Twopence Coloured, by Charles Spear, 1951; Strange Rendevous, by A.R.D. Fairburn, 1952; Strangers or Beasts, by Keith Sinclair, 1954; Christopher Columbus, by William Hart-Smith, 1948; The Voyage of the Hurunui, by D’Arcy Cresswell, 1956; A Time to Laugh, by F. Sinclaire, 1951; Unwilling Pilgrim, by Paul Henderson, 1955; The Fallen House, by James K. Baxter, 1953; Beyond the Palisade, by James K. Baxter, 1944; These Dark Glasses, by Greville Texidor, 1949; I For One..., by Frank Sargeson, 1954; Country Road, by Ruth Dallas, 1953; Vintage, People & Things in Old New Zealand, by Mona Gordon, 1948; A Centennial Treasury of Otago Verse, gathered by A.E. Currie, 1949; Disputed Ground, by Charles Brasch, 1948; Signs and Wonders, by Basil Dowling, 1944; Glass-sharp and Poisonous, by G.R. Gilbert, 1952; Counties at the Crossroads, by Erle B. Dalmer and Harold S. Southern, 1948; The Blind Mountain, by Kendrick Smithyman, 1950; Collected Poems, by Mary Ursula Bethell, 1950; She Was My Spring, by J.R. Hervey, 1954; Canterbury, by Basil Dowling, 1949; Leaves from a Sandan Notebook, by Rewi Alley, 1950. (23) £300-400
Limited edition 405/500. (1)
105 Golden Cockerel Press. Salmacis and Hermaphroditus. A Poem Attributed to Francis Beaumont edited by Gwyn Jones, 1951, ten col. engs. by John Buckland-Wright, some full-page, untrimmed, orig. japanese vellum gilt, in orig. glassine wrapper, torn with loss, large 8vo, (limited edition, 368/380 copies), together with The Amazons. A Novel by Ivor Bannet, 1948, full-page woodengraved illustrations by Clifford Webb, untrimmed, orig. half cloth, in orig. glassine wrapper, edge-torn with sl. loss, large 8vo, (limited edition, 436/500 copies), plus The Serpent’s Presence, by Eurof Walters, 1954, full-page wood-engraved illustrations by Clifford Webb, untrimmed, orig. japanese vellum, in orig. glassine wrapper, sl. edge-frayed and creased, 8vo, (limited edition, 252/290 copies), plus two other Golden Cockerel Press items (Gilgamesh, King of Erech, by F.L. Lucas, with twelve engravings by Dorothea Braby, 1948, and Clothing Without Cloth, An Essay on the Nude, by Eric Gill, 1931)
101 Ferlinghetti (Lawrence). Pity the Nation, pub. Sore Dove Press, San Francisco, 2007, original single page signed poem with original oil laid down opposite by Soheyl Dahi, another original oil painting signed by Dahi, plus an envelope with eight photographs (including one of the author signing the booklet), contained in original half cloth portfolio, green cloth ties, folio Limited edition, 6/20 signed by author and artist. (1)
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£150-200
106 Golden Cockerel Press. A Ballad Upon a Wedding, by Sir John Suckling, with Engravings by Eric Ravilious, 1927, half-title, letterpress engs., untrimmed, orig. qtr. cloth gilt, spine sl. darkened, in dustjacket, browned and extrems. rubbed, with some loss at head of spine and front flap fold, small water-stain on front panel, slim 8vo
£100-150
102 Gill (Eric, illust.). The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, by William Shakespeare, with engravings by Eric Gill and an Introduction by Gilbert Murray, Limited Editions Club, 1933, letterpress engs., some full-page, untrimmed, bookplate of Carroll Riedel on front pastedown, orig. blindstamped pigskin, spine darkened and rubbed, one corner rubbed, 8vo, (limited edition, 844/1500 copies, signed by Gill), together with Twenty-Five Nudes Engraved by Eric Gill, with an Introduction, Dent, 1938, twenty-five white on black engs., endpapers browned, bookplate of Dan Proctor on front pastedown, orig. red cloth gilt, spine split and frayed with sl. loss, 8vo, plus Eric Gill, The Engravings, edited by Christopher Skelton, The Herbert Press, 1990, b & w illusts. throughout, orig. blindstamped boards in d.j., d.j. with two short edge-tears and some light markings, large 4to (3)
£80-120
Limited edition 279/375 copies. Rarely found in the dustjacket. (1)
£70-100
107 Gregynog Press. Gwasg Gregynog, A Descriptive Catalogue of Printing at Gregynog 1970-1990, by David Esslemont & Glyn Tegai Hughes, Gregynog Press, 1990, tipped-in plates, b&w illusts., orig. qtr. grey morocco gilt, with cloth slipcase, folio Limited edition of 900 copies, this being one of 100 copies bound in quarter leather at Gregynog by Alan Wood assisted by Rhian Jones. (1) £70-100
£100-150
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109 Matrix. A Review for Printers & Bibliophiles, vols. 7 & 8, pub. Whittington Press, 1987-88, colour and b & w samples, patterns and illustrations, some folding, original wrappers, d.j.s, slipcases, 4to Limited editions of 950 & 900 respectively. (2)
£100-150
110 Matrix. The Matrix. A Review for Printers and Bibliophiles, nos. 1-24, Special Edition, Gloucestershire, 1981-2004, numerous plts., illusts., tipped-in samples etc., orig. qtr. morocco or vellum, with marbled sides, in cloth and board slipcases, together with a reprint of Matrix 1 and Index vol. 1-21, 4to Limited deluxe editions of between 30 and 110 copies (from total editions of 350 and 960 copies), all numbered, except for four which state ‘Binders’ copy’. Volumes 7 to 24 each with additional material contained in separate supplement, bound in cloth or boards. (26) £3000-5000
111 Matrix. The Matrix. A Review for Printers and Bibliophiles, nos. 1-24, Gloucestershire, 1981-2004, numerous plts., illusts., tippedin samples etc., orig. printed boards in d.j.s, together with a reprint of Matrix 1 and Index vols. 1-5 and 1-21, 4to Limited editions of between 350 and 960 copies, three stating ‘Binders’ copy’. (27) £1000-1500
112 Morris (William). The Roots of the Mountains Wherein is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale Their Friends Their Neighbours Their Foemen and Their Fellows in Arms, 1st ed., printed by the Chiswick Press, 1890, untrimmed and partly unopened, orig. floral cloth, spine sl. darkened and gilt rubbed, sm. 4to, together with two leaf prospectus and single leaf order form for The Earthly Paradise loosely inserted
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Buxton Forman 109. Limited edition of 250 copies. The only book published in Morris & Co. cloth. (1) £400-600
113 Nicholson (William). An Almanac of Twelve Sports and London Types, Whittington Press, 1980, thirty-four loose plts., incl. titles (plus Twelve Sports title in duplicate), together with 16pp. booklet An Introduction to the Reprint from the Original Woodblocks, by Edward Craig, limited edition 150 copies to accompany the plts. (of a total edition of 225 copies), this unnumbered and signed by Craig, booklet and plts. contained as issued in orig. brown cloth solander box, with The Barmaid print mounted on front, spine label renewed
Lot 112 108 Kipling (Rudyard). Collected Verse, Hodder & Stoughton, 1912, printed on japanese vellum, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. pigskin, upper cover inset with gilt medallion of an elephant, gilt dec. spine, a bright copy, 4to Limited Edition de Luxe 16/100 copies, signed by Kipling. (1)
£500-800
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£200-300
114 Nonesuch Press. John Milton, Poems in English with Illustrations by William Blake, 1926, b & w plts., untrimmed, orig. qtr. vellum, vellum lightly spotted and rubbed in places, board edges sl. rubbed, tall 8vo, (limited edition, 687/1450 copies), together with Izaak Walton: The Compleat Angler, The Lives of Donne, Wotton Hooker Herbert & Sanderson, with Love and Truth, Miscellaneous Writings, edited by Geoffrey Keynes, Illustrations by Thomas Poulton and Charles Sigrist, 1929, six copper eng. ports., letterpress illusts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. tan morocco gilt, covers sl. blemished in places, 8vo, (limited edition, 1159/1600 copies), plus The Courtier’s Library... by John Donne, edited by Evelyn Mary Simpson, with a Translation, 1930, untrimmed, endpapers foxed, orig. cloth-backed boards, with leather spine label (chipped), contained in cardboard slipcase, sm. 8vo in 4s, (limited edition, 628/950 copies), plus two Gwasg Gregynog publications (Intimate Leaves from a Designer’s Notebook, by John Ryder, 1993, orig. qtr. cloth, 400 copies, this unnumbered review copy; A Machynlleth Triad, by Jan Morris, 1993, orig. qtr. cloth in slipcase, 400 copies, this unnumbered display copy), both in good condition (6)
115 Nonesuch Press. Genesis, Twelve Woodcuts by Paul Nash, with the First Chapter of Genesis in the Authorised Version, 1924, twelve woodcuts, endpapers lightly toned and foxed, untrimmed, orig. black boards gilt, faintly damp-mottled, some creasing to corners, in d.j., marked and torn, with loss to top margin of rear panel (and paper repair on verso), spine and lower return faded, tall 8vo Rare in the dustjacket. (1)
£300-500
116 Paucker (Pauline). New Borders, The Working Life of Elizabeth Friedlander, Incline Press, 1998, tipped-in port. frontis., numerous tipped-in or mounted typeface designs, illusts., decorative paper samples etc., orig. half cloth eith decorative paper to boards, folio Limited signed edition 126/325. (1)
£80-120
117 Prospectuses & ephemera etc., A collection of approx. forty prospectuses & specimen pages etc. by the Golden Cockerel Press, Shakespeare Head Press, Gregynog Press, Phaidon Press, Cuala Press etc., mostly 1920s-40s, includes prospectus for ‘The Travels & Suffeings of Father Jean De Brebeuf, Golden Cockerel Press, 1938’, ‘Love-Night a Laotian Gallantry by Powys Mathers, Golden Cockerel Press, 1936’, The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Shakespeare Head Press, 1930’, many with woodcut or wood eng. illusts. etc., various sizes, contained together with a plastic folder
£150-250
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£150-200
118 Saint Dominic’s Press. The Mill Book, by Priscilla Johnston, Ditchling, 1916, eleven woodcut illustrations by Ronald Seal and David Pepler, one or two spots, original pictorial boards, 24mo, together with In Petra. Being a Sequel to ‘Nisi Dominus’, together with a Preface and Notes by Eric Gill and Hilary Pepler, Ditchling, 1923, woodcut illustrations by David Jones and Eric Gill, slight toning to title, original blue cloth, spine darkened, light fading, 8vo, with three others: Diary With Dominican Calendar and XII Wood-Engravings, 1928, Pugin, by the Reverend H.E.G. Rope, 1935 and Ditchling, 1937
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£200-300
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119 Shakespeare Head Press. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes, Compared Together by that Grave Learned Philosopher & Historiographer, Plutarke of Chaeronea, Translated by Thomas North, 8 vols., pub. Blackwell, Oxford, 1928, b & w illustrations by Thomas Lowinsky, endpapers with marginal toning, t.e.g., original black half morocco by Morley, spines with raised bands and gilt lettering, 8vo Limited edition, 70/100, signed by the illustrator. (8)
£300-400
120 Shakespeare Head Press. The Noble & Joyous Boke Entytled Le Morte Darthur ... by Syr Thomas Malory, 2 vols., Oxford, 1933, printed in red and black, b & w illusts. to text, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed (foxed), orig. half morocco gilt, extrems. sl. rubbed in places, 4to Limited edition, 167/370 copies. (2)
£200-300
121 St. Dominic’s Press. Vivis, [by John Gray, 1922], Ditchling, Sussex, [1922], rubrics printed in red, untrimmed, orig. printed wrappers, with woodcut by Eric Gill to upper cover (Gravestone with Angel, Physick 61), in very good condition Printed in an unnumbered edition of 50 copies only. (1)
£200-300
122 Whittington Press. Fine Papers at the Oxford University Press, by John Bidwell, pub. Risbury, Herefordshire, 1999, col. and b & w illusts., some tipped-in and folding, rough-trimmed, orig. boards in d.j., large 8vo, (limited edition of 475 copies), plus Type & Typography, Highlights from Matrix..., New Jersey, 2003, orig. boards in double d.j., large 8vo (4)
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£150-200
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CHILDREN’S & ILLUSTRATED BOOKS 123 Alphabet. A hand-drawn alphabet book, c.1920s, 26pp. each with a pen, ink, and watercolour illust., the first showing a toy Noah’s ark and animals, and the remainder illustrating an animal or animals, approx. 100 x 101mm (4 x 4in), orig. linen-backed boards, sl. rubbed and marked, tall slim 8vo, together with Animals from A to Z, Text by G.M. Vevers, Hammond, 1944, twenty-three col. plts. by Erna Pinner (complete), early ms. inscription on verso of front free endpaper, orig. cloth, in soiled and torn d.j., with some loss, folio, plus An Animal ABC, Dean’s Diploma Series No.128, [covertitle], c.1922, four board leaves with col. illusts., some fingersoiling, contemp. ms. inscription on front pastedown, orig. clothbacked pictorial boards, rubbed and soiled, with sl. wear to extrems., folio (3)
£150-250
124 Attwell (Mabel Lucie, illust.). The Queen of Hearts and Other Nursery Rhymes, (Father Tuck’s Holiday Series), Pub. Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., n.d., c.1909, 18pp including six col. litho pages, inscription to upper board paper dated Sept 1909, contents loose, orig. col. litho pictorial boards with remains of cloth spine strip, rubbed to board edges, slim folio A very scarce Attwell volume, not present in the bibliography by Chris Beetles. (1) £150-200
125 Barker (Cicely Mary). The Book of the Flower Fairies, 1st ed., Blackie, [1927], seventy-two col. plts., orig. gilt dec. green cloth, 8vo, together with Flower Songs of the Seasons... Music by Olive Linnell, Blackie, [1928], twelve tipped-in col. plts., scattered foxing, incl. to endpapers and edges, stitching strained, orig. cloth-backed boards, with col. illust. mounted on upper cover, some sl. rubbing to extrems., lower cover faintly foxed, 4to, plus seventeen other small format Flower Fairy books by Cicely Mary Barker, all in orig. boards in d.j.s, some edge-fraying and short tears, but generally in good condition
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£150-200
126 Barrie (J.M.). Peter Pan, Or the Boy Who Would Not Grow Up, pub. Folio Society, 1992, colour illustrations by Paula Rego, t.e.g., original blue goatskin-backed boards, spine slightly faded, slipcase, folio Limited edition, 37/100 signed by the artist. (1)
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£150-200
127 Baumer (Lewis, illust.). Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray, Hodder & Stoughton, [1913], twenty tipped-in col. plts., with captioned tissue guards (that facing p.264 with repaired closed tear to lower outer corner), t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. gilt dec. vellum, with inset oval col. illust. to upper cover, spine a trifle dusty, ties renewed, 4to, contained in orig. cardboard slipcase, lightly soiled and worn Limited edition, 9/350 copies, signed by the illustrator. An unusually bright, clean copy. (1) £200-300
128 Blyton (Enid). Five Get Into Trouble, 1949; Five Fall Into Adventure, 1950; Five Go Down to the Sea, 1953; Five on a Secret Trail, 1956; Five Go to Billycock Hill, 1957; Five Get Into a Fix, 1958, 1st eds., illustrations, one or two spots, previous owner inscriptions, original cloth, d.j.s, two price-clipped, some chips and creases, 8vo, with five other Famous Five and two Secret Seven first editions (12)
£300-400
129 Blyton (Enid). Five Go on Kirrin Island Again, 1947; Five Fall into Adventure (2 copies), 1950; Five on a Hike Together, 1951; Five Have a Wonderful Time, 1952; Five Go Down to the Sea, 1953; Five Go to Mystery Moor, 1954; Five on a Secret Trail, 1956, 1st eds., illustrations, one or two spots, original cloth, a couple of slightly rubbed spine ends, d.j.s, Five have a Wonderful Time price-clipped, some chips and light edge wear, 8vo, together with five other Famous Five first editions: Five Go to Billycock Hill, 1957, Five Get into a Fix, 1958, Five on Finniston Farm, 1960, Five Have a Mystery to Solve, 1962 and Five Are Together Again, 1963 (13)
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£400-600
132 Bull (Rene, illust.). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, pub. Hodder & Stoughton, [1913], ten tipped-in full-page col. plts., many mounted col. plts. to text, occ. spotting, orig. gilt dec. vellum, lacking ties, large 4to
130 Blyton (Enid). Enid Blyton’s Magazine Annual, Number 1, 1st ed., pub. Evans Brothers, [1954], illusts. throughout, including some printed in red and blue, two illustrations neatly coloured in, some soiling and marginal marks, presentation inscription by the author to verso of front endpaper ‘Barbara, Much love from Enid Blyton’, some soiling to front endpaper, orig. cloth, rubbed and some soiling, rubbed and creased to edges, in d.j., 8vo, together with Barker (Dorothy O. & Cicely M.), He Leadeth Me, A Book of Bible Stories, pub. Blackie & Son, n.d., c. 1950, sixteen full-page colour plates, b&w illusts., orig. cloth, lightly faded to extrems., in somewhat frayed and creased d.j., with loss to head of spine, 8vo, author’s presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper ‘Mrs. Bent with love from Dorothy O. Barker, Cicely M. Barker and their mother, with thanks for much valuable help. Christmas 1952’, plus Uttley (Alison), The Great Adventure of Hare, illust. Margaret Tempest, 1st ed., pub. William Heinemann, 1931, colour illusts., some light browning to endpapers, orig. printed boards with circular colour illusts. to cover upper, sl. rubbed, 8vo (3)
Limited edition 2/250, signed by the artist. (1)
133 Caldecott (Randolph). Randolph Caldecott’s “Graphic” Pictures, Routledge, 1889, col. illusts. throughout, upper hinge splitting, orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards, sl. foxed and stained in places, oblong folio, together with Randolph Caldecott’s Last “Graphic” Pictures, Routledge, 1888, col. illusts. throughout, occn. light foxing and finger-marks, hinges split, front free endpaper creased, orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed, some wear to spine and corners showing, oblong folio, plus Some of Aesop’s Fables with Modern Instances... from New Translations by Alfred Caldecott, M.A., the Engravings by J.D. Cooper, Macmillan, 1883, letterpress illusts. throughout, some finger-soiling and spotting, orig. pictorial cloth, rubbed and damp-soiled, plus nineteen others by and about Caldecott, plus a bundle of Caledcott postcards printed in 1974
£150-200
131 Brazil (Angela). The Madcap of the School, Illustrated by Balliol Salmon, Blackie, c.1920, six b & w plts., verso of half-title listing 21 titles, endpapers browned, contemp. pencilled inscription on front free endpaper, orig. pictorial brown cloth, in torn and frayed d.j. with sl. loss at edges, 8vo, together with The New Girl at St. Chad’s, A Story of School Life, Illustrated by John Campbell, Blackie, c.1920, six b & w plts., 7 titles listed on verso of half-title, prize bookplate on front pastedown, green edges, orig. pictorial olive green cloth, 8vo, plus The Girls of St. Cyprian’s, A Tale of School Life, Illustrated by Stanley Davis, Blackie, c.1920, six b & w plts., half-title with 17 titles on verso, endpapers browned, contemp. ms. ownership inscription on front free endpaper, orig. pictorial beige cloth, spine ends a little frayed, 8vo, plus seventeen other early editions by Angela Brazil, all in orig. cloth, some defective Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (20)
£300-500
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£150-200
£100-150
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134 Clarke (Harry, illust.). Tales of Mystery and Imagination, by Edgar Allan Poe, 1st ed., George G. Harrap, 1919, twenty-four eng. plts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, front endpapers partially browned and upper hinge split, orig. gilt dec. vellum, one or two minor marks and vellum lifting sl. in places, but a bright copy, 4to Limited edition 120/170, signed by Clarke in pencil. (1)
£1500-2000
135 Clarke (Harry, illust.). Tales of Mystery and Imagination, by Edgar Allan Poe, New York, 1933, eight tipped-in col. plts.,, incl. frontis. (with one corner creased), and twenty-four b & w plts., top edges black, orig. black cloth gilt with printed label mounted on upper cover, a bright copy, in d.j. (extrems. rubbed and frayed in places, with sl. loss in top edge of rear panel) and orig. publisher’s box with pictorial label on lid, label rubbed and lightly soiled, lid split at one corner, 4to Rarely found in the dustjacket and original publisher’s box. (1)
£300-400
136 Clarke (Harry, illust.). The Year’s at the Spring, An Anthology of Recent Poetry, compiled by L.D’O Walters, 1st ed., George G. Harrap, 1920, twelve col. and twelve b & w plts., contemp. ms. inscription on front free endpaper, orig. gilt dec. green cloth, extrems. sl. rubbed in places, and some markings, mainly to rear cover, 4to (1)
137 Clarke (Harry, illust.). The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, with an Introduction by Thomas Bodkin, 1st ed., George G. Harrap, 1922, twelve col. plts., twelve full-page b & w illusts., and numerous vigns., endpapers browned, ms. ownership name on front pastedown, orig. gilt dec. pale blue cloth, in bright condition, 4to An exceptional copy of an uncommon book. (1)
£100-150
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£300-400
138 Crane (Walter, illust.). Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare’s Tempest. Engraved & Printed by Duncan C. Dallas, Dallastype Press, 1893, title printed in red and black, eight mounted Dallastype plates, captioned tissue guards, some spotting, loose as issue in original cloth box, joints splitting, folio, limited edition 317/600 copies signed by artist and engraver, additionally inscribed by Crane: “Mr Dallas’s reproductions of my pen drawings for this work appear to me to be very faithful & successful in preserving the touch & general character of the originals”, together with Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen of Verona, 1894, eight mounted Dallastype plates, captioned tissue guards, some spotting, loose as issue in original cloth box, some wear, folio, limited edition, 138/600 signed by artist and engraved, additionally inscribed by Crane: “In these reproductions of my pen drawings for ‘The Two Gentlemen of Verona’ I consider that Mr Duncan C. Dallas has been quite as successful as he was with the set from ‘The Tempest’ previously issued. If anything I should say these are even better. May 17, 1894” (2)
£200-300
139 Crompton (Richmal). William the Superman, 1st ed., George Newnes, 1968, illusts. by Henry Ford, orig. boards in sl. rubbed and chipped d.j., 8vo (1)
£100-150
140 Dahl (Roald). Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 1st ed., 1st issue, pub. Knopf, New York, 1964, six-line colophon at end, illustrations by Joseph Schindelman, original red cloth, priceclipped d.j., one or two minor spots and creases, 8vo (1)
£800-1200
141 Dahl (Roald). Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 1967; Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, 1973, 1st U.K. eds., illustrations by Faith Jaques, a few spots to second book, original laminated boards, loss of laminate to foot of spine of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, small chips to edges of Glass Elevator, 8vo (2)
£150-200
Lot 140
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142 Dahl (Roald). Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, later impression, pub. Knopf, New York, 1964, illustrations by Joseph Schindelman, presentation inscription, price stamp and small label at front, original cloth, d.j., small chips and spots, 8vo, together with The Magic Finger, 1st U.K. ed., 1966, illustrations by William Pene du Bois, a few spots, small owner stamp to front endpaper, original boards, a little rubbed and marked, 4to, plus Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, 1st U.S. ed., 1972, illustrations, one or two light stains, bookplate, original cloth, price-clipped d.j., closed tear and small chip to rear panel, 8vo, with others by Roald Dahl including Fantastic Mr. Fox, 1st U.S. ed., 1970, Danny, the Champion of the World, 1975, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More, 1977 and Tales of the Unexpected, 1979 and More Tales of the Unexpected, 1980 (16)
145 Dahl (Roald). Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 1st U.K. ed., pub. George Allen, 1967, illustrations by Faith Jaques, one or two light fingermarks, top corner of fep clipped, previous owner inscription, original laminate boards, spine strengthened with clear tape, 8vo, together with Danny, the Champion of the World, 1st ed., 1975, illustrations by Jill Bennett, original cloth, d.j., sellotape repair to verso of one fold, 8vo, plus The Twits, 1st ed., 1980, illustrations by Quentin Blake, original cloth, price-clipped d.j., spine a little faded, a couple of minor tears, 8vo, with others by Dahl including George’s Marvellous Medicine, 1981 and The Witches, 1983, both later impressions, James and the Giant Peach, 1995 and The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More, 1977 (ex-libris) (8)
£300-400
146 Detmold (Edward J., illust.). The Fables of Aesop, Hodder & Stoughton, 1909, twenty-five tipped-in col. plts., two facing text pages with browned strip at gutter (presumably offsetting from a bookmark), some light finger-soiling, bookplate of Robert Gunson on front pastedown, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. gilt dec. white cloth, dust-soiled, spine darkened and rubbed, with sl. fraying at ends, 4to
143 Dahl (Roald). The Gremlins, From the Walt Disney Studio, 1st U.S. ed., pub. Random House, New York, 1943, colour and b & w illustrations, previous owner signatures, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, light edge wear, repaired d.j., some light soiling, 4to (1)
£100-150
Limited edition 72/750, signed by the artist. (1)
£300-500
£700-1000
144 Dahl (Roald). Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 1st UK ed., George Allen & Unwin, 1967, b & w illusts. by Faith Jaques, some foxing and marks, a little faint water-staining on final leaf, stitching partially broken and one gathering starting, ms. inscription on front pastedown, orig. pictorial laminated boards, cocked, laminate peeling and some lost on spine and returns, spine ends frayed, large 8vo, together with James and the Giant Peach, 1st UK ed., George Allen & Unwin, 1967, b & w illusts. by Michel Simeon, occn. marks, front free endpaper with ms. ownership signature and upper outer corner excised, edges foxed, orig. pictorial laminated boards, cocked, loss of laminate to spine and part of covers, spine rubbed and frayed at ends, large 8vo
147 Dodgson (Rev. Charles Lutwidge, ‘Lewis Carroll’). Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, 1st ed., 1st issue, 1872, misprint ‘wade’ for ‘wabe’ on p. 21, b & w illusts. by John Tenniel, occn. foxing and marks, B2 with crease to blank foremargin, contemp. ms. inscription on verso of front free endpaper, a.e.g., orig. red cloth gilt, dust-soiled and extrems. rubbed, spine faded and frayed at extrems., cloth lifting in places, 8vo, together with Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, Adapted for Very Little Folks from the Original, Macmillan, 1903, full-page col. illusts., incl. frontis., title-page with tip of lower outer corner torn away, occn. finger-soiling, endpapers foxed, orig. pictorial red cloth, sl. marked, extrems. rubbed and some fraying, spine faded, 126 x 103mm (5 x 4in)
(2)
(2)
£150-200
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£150-200
Lot 150
148 Dulac (Edmund, illust.). Princess Badoura. A Tale from the Arabian Nights, Retold by Laurence Housman, [1913], ten tipped-in colour plates, a few light spots, original decorative cloth gilt, spine a little darkened with minor tear at head, 4to, together with The Golden Cockerel. From the Tale by Alexander Pushkin, Illustrated by Edmund Dulac, Limited Editions Club, New York, [1950], limited edition, 694/1500, signed by the artist (2)
£200-300
149 Dulac (Edmund, illust.). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, Hodder & Stoughton, [1909], twenty tipped-in col. plates (seven with one corner creased), captioned tissue guards, intermittent light marginal water-staining to text, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, modern green morocco, a trifle rubbed in places, gilt dec. spine with gilt lettered labels, 4to Limited edition, 454/750 copies, signed by the artist. (1)
£200-300
150 Dulac (Edmund, illust.). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, Printed from the Second Edition, [1909], twenty tipped-in col. plts., with captioned tissue guards, patterned endpapers, edges lightly foxed, orig. gilt dec. white buckram, a bright copy, in the orig. glassine wrapper (creased and a little edge-frayed) and the orig. publisher’s box (lightly soiled and lid split at corners) 4to Rarely found complete with the wrapper and the box. (1)
151 Dulac (Edmund, illust.). Shakespeare’s Comedy of The Tempest, 1st ed., Hodder & Stoughton, [1908], forty tipped-in col. plts. with captioned tissue guards, occn. light spotting, half-title partially browned, orig. gilt dec. blue cloth, one corner sl. bumped, a bright copy, in printed d.j. with col. illust. mounted on front panel (‘Iris. Thy turfy mountains, where live nibbling sheep’), spine darkened and rubbed, edges chipped and frayed, 4to, together with Woodroffe (Paul, illust.), The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, with... Songs by Joseph Moorat, Chapman & Hall, 1908, seventeen tipped-in col. plts., incl. three double-page, scattered light foxing, pictorial endpapers, contemp. ms. inscription on verso of front free endpaper, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. gilt dec. red cloth, spine faded, 4to
£300-400
The Dulac is rarely found in the dustjacket. (2)
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£150-200
Lot 153
Lot 155
152 Dulac (Edmund, illust.). Sinbad the Sailor and other Stories from the Arabian Nights, 1st ed., Hodder & Stoughton, [1914], twenty-three tipped-in col. plts., with captioned tissue-guards, decorated borders to each page, a few light finger-marks, neat early inscription on half-title, floral endpapers, orig. gilt dec. floral cloth, spine with extrems. a trifle rubbed and short nick in head, but generally a good copy, 4to (1)
155 Dulac (Edmund, illust.). The Bells and Other Poems, by Edgar Allan Poe, 1st ed., pub. Hodder and Stoughton, [1912], twentyeight tipped-in col. plts. with captioned tissue guards, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. gilt-dec. vellum, lightly rubbed and soiled (lacks ties), 4to Limited edition 457/750, signed by Edmund Dulac. (1)
156 Dulac (Edmund, illust.). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, [1909], twenty tipped-in col. plts. (complete as list), orig. gilt dec. cloth, folio
153 Dulac (Edmund, illust.). Stories From The Arabian Nights, Retold by Laurence Housman, 1907, fifty tipped-in col. plts., with cationed tissue guards, some-finger-soiling to text, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. vellum gilt, lightly rubbed and dustsoiled, with a few minor marks, lacking lower silk tie, 4to Limited edition 169/350, signed by the artist. (1)
(1)
£400-600
154 Dulac (Edmund, illust.). Sinbad the Sailor and other Stories from the Arabian Nights, 1st ed., Hodder & Stoughton, [1914], twenty tipped-in col. plts., with captioned tissue guards, contemp. ms. inscription on front free endpaper, orig. gilt dec. red cloth, some fraying to spine extrems., rear cover marked, corners bumped, sm. 4to, plus Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Ernest Benn, 1927, twelve col. plts., b & w letterpress illusts., orig. cloth, spine faded and a trifle rubbed at ends, 4to (3)
£300-500
£150-200
£200-300
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£200-300
159 Fleming (Ian). Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1964-65, coloured and b & w illustrations by John Burningham, original pictorial boards, one or two light marks, d.j.s, first vol. price-clipped, a few short tears and creases, 8vo (3)
157 Cizek (Professor Franz). A collection of twenty-five postcards illustrated by child artists attending Professor Cizek's classes in Vienna, late 1890s to 1920s, two postally used, together with Wilson (Francesca M.), The Child as Artist, some Conversations with Professor Cizek, London: Save the Children Fund, 1920, 16pp., full-page b & w illusts., orig. printed wrappers, stapped as issued, slightly worn, slim 16mo, with A Lecture by Professor Cizek, pub. Children's Art Exhibition Fund, 1921, 16pp., three col. plts., b & w illusts., orig. printed wrappers, stappled as issued, slim 8vo, plus Dulac (Edmund, introduction by), Christmas. Pictures by Children. With an Introduction by Edmund Dulac, London & Vienna, 1922, eight col. plts. by children attending Prof. Cizek's classes at the Kunstgewerbeschule, Vienna (of 14), lacking majority of printed tissue guards, some leaves loose and creased, orig. pictorial boards with cloth spine, printed paper label on the upper cover torn with loss, worn, 4to (28)
Lot 159
£150-250
160 Flint (William Russell, illust.). The Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for My Children, by Charles Kingsley, Medici Society, 1912, printed on hand-made Riccardi Paper and using the Riccardi Press fount, twelve mounted col. plts. with captioned tissue guards, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed (lightly foxed), orig. limp vellum gilt with ties, in printed d.j. (with faded spine and 1.5” split at foot of rear flap fold), 4to
158 Farrow (G.E.). Ten Little Jappy Chaps, Drawn by John Hassall, Anthony Treherne & Co., [1905], twenty col. plts. (final illust. forming rear pastedown as issued), title-page lightly soiled, and with ms. name at head, ads. on front pastedown, stitching partially broken and some leaves detached, hinges split, top edges red, orig. pictorial blue cloth, shaken, rubbed and dusty, lacking ties, 43 x 155mm (1.75 x 6in) The Stump Books for Children, No. 5. Scarce. (1)
£300-400
Limited edition, 354/500 copies. An unusually bright copy in the scarce vellum binding, with the even scarcer dustjacket. (1) £300-400
£100-150
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161 Flint (William Russell, illust.). The Song of Songs which is Solomon’s, Philip Lee Warner, Medici Society, 1909, printed on hand-made Riccardi Paper and using the Riccardi Press fount, ten tipped-in col. plts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed (lightly foxed), orig. limp vellum gilt with ties, in printed d.j., d.j. with faded spine and sl. edge-frayed at folds, rear panel foxed, 4to Limited edition, 111/500 copies. Uncommon in the vellum binding, and particularly so with the dustjacket. (1) £300-400
162 Flint (William Russell, illust.). The Thoughts of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Translated by George Long, Medici Society, 1909, printed on hand-made Riccardi Paper and using the Riccardi Press fount, twelve tipped-in col. plts. with captioned tissue guards, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed (lightly foxed), orig. limp vellum gilt with ties, in printed d.j., d.j. with faded spine and sl. edge-frayed at folds, 4to, with single-leaf printed invitation to an exhibition of Flint’s drawings for this work loosely inserted Limited edition, 86/500 copies. The vellum binding is scarce, and the dustjacket particularly so. (1) £300-400
163 Flint (William Russell, illust.). The Idyls of Theocritus, Rendered into English prose by Andrew Lang, 2 vols., Medici Society, 1922, printed on hand-made Riccardi Press Paper and using the Riccardi Press fount, twenty mounted col. plts., with captioned tissue guards, pastedowns partially faded, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. linen-backed boards, with printed paper labels, (spare labels bound in at rear), in printed d.j.s, sl. edge-frayed in places, spines and front panel of vol. 1 faded, 4to Limited edition, 126/500 copies. Rare in the dustjackets. (2)
167 Greene (Graham). The Little Horse Bus, 1st ed., 1952, col. and b & w illusts. and pictorial endpapers by Dorothy Craigie, orig. red cloth gilt (some faint mottling to covers), in price-clipped d.j., lightly edge-rubbed in places, slim 4to
£200-300
164 Flint (William Russell, illust.). The Scholar Gipsy & Thyrsis, Medici Society, 1910, ten tipped-in col. plts. with tissue guards, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed (lightly foxed), orig. bevel-edged vellum gilt, covers a little bowed, in printed d.j., sl. rubbed at edges, spine faded, 4to Rarely found in the dustjacket. (1)
(1)
£150-200
£100-150
165 Goscinny (Rene de & Albert Uderzo). A set of 23 Asterix books, translated by Anthea Bell and Derek Hockbridge, pub. Brockhampton & Hodder & Stoughton, 1960’s-80’s, colour illustrations by Uderzo, one or two previous owner signatures and stamps (including duplicate of Asterix and the Big Fight), Asterix Legionnaire with sellotape reinforcement at front, original pictorial boards, one or two slightly rubbed edges, 4to (23)
£150-200
168 Harrison (Florence). The Rhyme of a Run and other Verse, 1st ed., Blackie, [1907], printed on dark green paper, decorated titlepage printed in red and black, twenty-one tipped-in coloured plts., a few plts. a little rippled (as often) and one with tip of lower right blank corner torn away, letterpress illusts. and decorations, patterned endpapers, orig. pictorial green cloth gilt, sl. marked and rubbed, oblong sm. folio
166 Greenaway (Kate). Calendar 1875, Marcus Ward & Co., [1874], four illuminated chromo. illusts. on four card leaves, with printed calendar, holidays, etc. on reverse of illusts., sewn as issued, 75 x 105mm (3 x 4in), together with a Kate Greenaway valentine card showing three girls below a window, illuminated chromo. with pierced lace border (border foxed), mounted within pale blue paper wrappers (sl. creased and toned), with a poem ‘The Serenade’ printed in gold on front wrapper, overall size 188 x 150mm (7.5 x 6in) Schuster & Engen 275; 243. (2)
Scarce. (1)
£200-300
169 Hatherell (William, illust.). Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, [1912], twenty-two tipped-in colour plates, captioned guards, t.e.g., original vellum gilt, lacking ties, covers a little bowed, 4to Edition de Luxe, 69/250 copies signed in pencil by the illustrator. (1) £100-150
£80-120
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170 Job (pseud., i.e. Count Jacques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Breville), The Story of Naughty Kildeen by Marie Queen of Roumania, [1922], numerous illusts. throughout, many with stencilled and hand-colouring, endpapers lightly foxed, armorial bookplate of Græme on front free endpaper, untrimmed, orig. pictorial cloth gilt, some markings, corners rubbed, contained in orig. printed cardboard slipcase, soiled and sl. edge-worn, large 4to
Lot 171
Limited edition of only 30 copies, printed on paper from the Imperial factories of Japan, this copy unnumbered. (1) £500-800
173 Kipling (Rudyard). Sea and Sussex from Rudyard Kipling’s Verse, Illustrated by Donald Maxwell, Macmillan, 1926, twenty-four mounted col. plts., endpapers foxed, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. qtr. vellum gilt, lightly marked and foxed in places, 4to
171 King (Jessie M., illust.). Mummy’s Bedtime Story Book by “Marion”, [1929], col. illusts. throughout, pictorial endpapers, orig. printed boards, extrems. rubbed and spine sl. worn at ends, folio (1)
One of 500 copies, signed by Kipling. (1)
£100-150
£200-300
172 King (Jessie M., illust.). A House of Pomegranates, by Oscar Wilde, Methuen, 1915, sixteen tipped-in col. plts., pictorial endpapers, free endpapers browned, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. decorative blue cloth, spine faded, and frayed at ends, covers with marginal dust-soiling, rear cover with some scratches, short nick in top edge of upper cover, 4to, together with The Enchanted Capital of Scotland. From a Story told by a Merchant of Edinburgh. Retold in words by Isobel K.C. Steele, [1945], four double-page col. illusts., numerous b & w illusts., orig. blue cloth gilt, in price-clipped and lightly soiled d.j., creased and frayed at edges with sl. loss, slim 4to
174 Lang (Andrew). The Red Fairy Book, 1st ed., 1890, half-title, numerous b & w illusts., 16pp. pubs. cat. at rear, contemp. ms. inscription on prelim. blank, lib. bookplate on front pastedown, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, spine faded and frayed at extrems., covers lightly marked, 8vo, together with The Green Fairy Book, 1st ed., 1892, half-title, numerous b & w illusts., pubs. ad. leaf at rear, front free endpaper adhered to front pastedown, lib. labels on endpapers, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, some light rubbing and marks, spine ends a little frayed, 8vo, plus thirteen other Lang Fairy Books, incl. twelve 1st eds., all orig. cloth, some ex-lib., mostly rubbed and worn
(2)
(15)
£150-200
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£100-150
175 [Lear, Edward]. The Owl and the Pussy Cat and Other Nonsense Songs [The Duck and the Kangaroo & How the Beasts Got into the Ark], Illustrated by Lord Ralph Kerr, Cundall and Co., 1872, printed title and contents, and twelve albumen prints (incl. addn. title), all mounted on rectos of card leaves, marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Thomas George Baring, first Earl of Northbrook (1826-1904), a.e.g., near contemp. brown half morocco gilt by C. Cross, Binder to the Queen, with his ink stamp on verso of front free endpaper, extrems. rubbed, with portion of orig. pictorial cloth mounted on upper cover, oblong folio Rare. Only two copies listed on COPAC (Oxford and National Trust). A statement window-mounted on the verso of the Contents leaf reads: ‘The Two Poems “The Owl and the Pussy Cat,” and “The Kangaroo,” are printed, with permission, from Mr. Lear’s “Nonsense Songs and Stories,” published [in 1871] by Robert John Bush, 32, Charing Cross, London.”‘ The final poem, “How the Beasts Got into the Ark” is possibly by Kerr himself. (1) £100-150
176 Lewin (F.G.). An ABC Book for Good Boys & Girls, Bristol, E.W. Savory Ltd., [1911], woodcuts throughout, pict. endpapers, untrimmed, orig. linen-backed pict. boards with ties, large 4to (1)
£150-200
177 Lindsay (Norman). The Magic Pudding, being the adventures of Bunyip Bluegum, and his friends Bill Barnacle & Sam Sawnoff, 1st ed., Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1918, colour frontis., b&w illusts. throughout, affected by damp to lower outer corners throughout, with some adhesion damage, page 97/98 torn with some loss affecting one or two words, page 151/152 with vertical tear (repaired) and some fraying to edges, orig. cloth backed boards, a few minor marks in d.j., rubbed and light damp stain to lower portion of upper cover, frayed to extrems. with loss to head of spine, 4to (1)
£150-200
Lot 176
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179 Milne (A.A.). When We Were Very Young, 10th ed., Methuen, 1925, b & w illusts. and decs. by E.H. Shepard, endpapers and halftitle foxed, a.e.g., orig. deluxe binding of blue limp leather, in orig. glassine wrapper, contained in orig. publisher’s cardboard box, with printed label mounted on lid, box foxed and discoloured, and with two short splits in side of lid, 8vo Second deluxe edition, in unusually fine condition and with the scarce glassine wrapper present. (1) £300-500
178 Manuscript. The Tale of Timothy Pig, [cover-title], c.1920s, 43pp., interleaved with tissue guards, comprising ms. dedication leaf “For many happy yesterdays To Ruth and to the hope of many happier bright tomorrows. Tom”, calligraphic text with initial letters in varying coloured inks, and sixteen full-page pen & ink illusts., mostly with watercolour or grisaille wash, several openings with brown stain at gutter margin (offsetting from marker), pen, ink and watercolour illusts. on endpapers (lightly soiled), untrimmed, orig. padded white calf, sl. discoloured, upper cover with title and illustration of Timothy Pig in pink ink, 8vo A charmingly written and illustrated nonsense tale in verse describing an adventure had by Timothy Pig in which he travels out of the farmyard and into the ‘Great Wide World unknown’. He meets a Little Old Man, a cobbler who mends the shoes of fairies, and stashes their gold payment in crocks hidden in a cave. Two witches disguised as a fox and a stoat attempt to steal the gold but they are foiled by our hero the pig. The cobbler rewards Timothy with a crock of gold, who returns home, and buries his treasure, forgetting where he has hoarded it: “And that,” said Mister Timothy Pig,/”Is the simple reason why/I must sniffle, and snuffle, and snort around,/And poke, and peep, and pry,/And root the Ground for miles around,/From this ‘till the day I die.”‘ (1) £150-200
180 Milne (A.A.). Teddy Bear and Other Songs from “When We Were Very Young”... Music by H. Fraser-Simson, Decorations by E.H. Shepard, 1926, b & w illusts., occn. light foxing, untrimmed, orig. cloth-backed boards with paper label to upper cover, board edges a little darkened, large slim 4to Limited edition 10/100, signed by A.A. Milne, H. Fraser-Simson and Ernest H. Shepard. (1) £300-500
181 Milne (A.A.). When We Were Very Young, 1924; Winnie-thePooh, 1926; Now We Are Six, 1927; The House at Pooh Corner, 1928, all 1st eds., b & w letterpress illusts. and decs. by Ernest H. Shepard, some occn. markings, frontis. to 4th vol. with contemp. ms. signature on reverse showing through at upper blank margin, 2nd vol. with a few edge-tears, incl. a 3” tear, some browning to endpapers, t.e.g., all bound in orig. gilt dec. cloth, some marks and cloth lifting in places, spine ends rubbed and some fraying, especially to 1st vol., 8vo (4)
Lot 179
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£400-600
182 Milne (A.A.). Now We Are Six, 1st ed., 1927, b & w illusts. and decs. by E.H. Shepard, half-title browned and with ms. ownership names, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. red cloth gilt, spine sl. faded and a little rubbed at ends, upper cover sl. faded along top edge, 8vo (1)
£100-150
183 Milne (A.A.). Now We Are Six, 1st ed., Methuen, 1927, illusts. and decs. by E.H. Shepard, occn. light marks, half-title and final (imprint) page browned, pictorial endpapers, ms. ownership name on front pastedown, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. red cloth gilt, extrems. rubbed, spine faded and sl. frayed at foot, 8vo, together with When We Were Very Young, 14th ed., Methuen, 1926, illusts. and decs. by E.H. Shepard, half-title and final page browned, pictorial endpapers, contemp. ms. inscription on front free endpaper, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. blue cloth gilt, in bright condition, 8vo, plus Heath Robinson (W.), A Song of the English, by Rudyard Kipling, Hodder & Stoughton, [1909], sixteen tipped-in col. plts. (one detached), b & w illusts., ms. inscriptions on front free endpaper, orig. dec. navy cloth gilt, spine frayed at ends, 4to, plus two other children’s books (Grandmamma Easy’s Merry Multiplication, and Puss in Boots with Original Illustrations by E.K. Johnson, pub. Warne) (5)
£150-200
184 Moveable. Riri e Roro, by Zia Carla, pub. Milan, Antonio Vallardi, n.d., c. 1925, four chromo. moveable illusts. with tabs, in working order, a few minor marks, one illust. with short closed tear to lower margin, without loss, orig. stiff wrappers with colourprinted upper cover, a little rubbed and some minor marks, small 4to, together with two other Italian illustrated children’s books, including Nommo Ebe, Sogni di Bimbi (Mezzi di Trasporto Antichi e Moderni), Monza, Casa Editrice Cartoccino, 1928, containing chromolithograph illusts. of forms of transport, orig. cloth-backed pict. boards, a little rubbed and some minor marks, with juvenile inscription in coloured pencil to rear cover, & Elisa Cappelli, Il Primo Libro del Bambino, lettura e Scrittura, Florence, Adriano Salani, c. 1930, orig. cloth-backed pict. boards, rubbed and some soiling, both 4to (3)
186 Nielsen (Kay, illust.). Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen, 1st ed., Hodder and Stoughton, [1924], twelve tipped-in col. plts., with captioned tissue guards, full-page b & w letterpress illusts. and decs., some light foxing, patterned endpapers, edges foxed, orig. gilt dec. red moiré cloth, spine faded at ends, in toned d.j., rubbed and soiled, some tears and fraying, with loss at spine ends, 4to Rare in the dustjacket. (1)
£100-150
187 Nister (Ernest, pub.). Peeps into Fairyland. A Panorama Picture Book of Fairy Stories, with an Introduction by F.E. Weatherly, [1896], six full-page pop-up chromos., b & w illusts. to text, patterned endpapers, hinges split, front free endpaper creased and frayed, and with contemp. ms. inscription on verso, rear free endpaper with closed tear at gutter, orig. cloth-backed glazed pictorial boards, rubbed and sl. wear to extrems., oblong folio
185 Moveables. The Airship Panorama Book, Ernest Nister, c.1912, four pop-up chromo. plts., letterpress illusts., two with juvenile colouring, finger-soiled, contemp. ms. inscriptions on front endpapers, contents loose in orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed and soiled, corners showing, sm. 4to, together with CosyCot Farm, with Pictures and Verses the Children to Charm, Raphael Tuck, c.1890s, two double-page pop-up chromo. plts., letterpress illusts. (some juvenile colouring), early pencilled inscription on verso of front free endpaper, hinges splitting, orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards, sl. rubbed and soiled, corners showing, 4to, plus The Jumping Jack-in-the-Box, Dean & Son, c.1880s, three doublepage pop-up chromo. plts., all damaged and some loss, contemp. ms. inscription on front free endpaper, contents partially loose in orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed and soiled, some wear to spine, large 8vo, plus fifteen other 19th c. moveable books in various states of disrepair Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (18)
£300-500
(1)
£200-300
188 Pogany (Willy, illust.). Tannhauser. A Dramatic Poem, by Richard Wagner, Freely Translated in Poetic Narrative Form by T. W. Rolleston, 1911, sixteen tipped-in colour plates (one or two with creases), illustrations, original grey pictorial cloth, edges slightly rubbed, small folio (1)
£100-150
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£150-200
Lot 190
189 Pogany (Willy, illust.). Parsifal, or the Legend of the Holy Grail retold... by T.W. Rolleston, 1912, sixteen tipped-in col. plts., many col. and b & w illusts., some full-page, pictorial endpapers, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. gilt dec. brown morocco, some minor rubbing, sm. folio, together with the original signed etching in its printed envelope, both etching and envelope creased along fore-edge Limited edition, 290/525 copies, signed by the artist, complete with the signed etching which is rarely present. (2) £300-500
190 Pogany (Willy, illust.). Willy Pogány’s Mother Goose, 1st ed., New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1928, col. and b & w decs. and illusts., pictorial endpapers, orig. blue half cloth, with printed paper label on spine and upper cover (that to faded spine browned), sm. 4to
191 Potter (Beatrix). Wag-By-Wall, 1st bookform ed., Warne, 1944, early ms. inscription on front free endpaper, orig. green cloth gilt in d.j., d.j. lightly foxed and marked, fold ends frayed with sl. loss in places (mainly to spine ends), 12mo
Limited edition, 36/500 copies, signed by Pogany. Illustrated throughout in classic Art Deco style, this is an exceptional copy of a scarce book. (1) £400-600
Limited edition, 94/100 copies. Linder, p.432. (1)
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£300-500
192 Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Peter Rabbit, 2nd privately printed edition, [Strangeways], February 1902, col. frontis., line drawings throughout, occn. light foxing, mostly to title-page, endpapers, and edges, recto of rear free endpaper with small red ink mark, orig. olive-green boards (mottled fading to brown), with rounded spine (sl. rubbed at head), upper cover with printed lettering and vignette of Peter and siblings, small biro note above title ‘7 to 9’, 16mo, contained in brown cloth solander box, gilt titled on spine Linder, p.420; Quinby 1A. Exceptionally rare, one of only 200 copies. The character of Peter Rabbit was based on Beatrix’s own pet rabbit, and he made his first appearance in a letter written in 1893 to Noel, the five-year-old offspring of her former governess, Annie Carter. Noel and his siblings so enjoyed this and subsequent letters that Beatrix thought about having the story published. In 1900 she sent the story to at least six different publishers, all of whom rejected it, including Frederick Warne, who later decided to take the book on. Undeterred, Beatrix decided to have her little book privately printed, and in 1901 250 copies were published priced at 1/6 each. They sold so well that in February 1902 she had a further 200 copies printed with slightly amended text, of which the copy offered here is one. (1) £7000-10000
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193 Potter (Beatrix). The Tailor of Gloucester, 1st privately printed edition, [Strangeways], December 1902, col. frontis and fifteen fullpage col. plts., free endpapers browned, upper hinge partially split, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, orig. pink boards, with mottled fading, spine worn and repaired at head, upper cover with printed lettering and vignette of three mice sewing, 16mo Quinby 4. Rare: only 500 copies printed. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: ‘To Cicely Roscoe from Beatrix Potter Jan 16th. 03’. The chemist Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe was Beatrix’s uncle, and so Cicely was probably related to Beatrix. The story of the Tailor of Gloucester was first told in a letter from Beatrix to Freda Moore, daughter of her former governess, Annie Carter. Although Frederick Warne had taken up Beatrix’s ‘Bunny Book’, as they referred to ‘Peter Rabbit’, and published it in October 1902, the author felt that they might not wish to publish a second book so soon, or that they might want to alter it too much. So she returned to Strangeways, the original printers of ‘Peter Rabbit’, and herself paid for a private edition of 500 copies to be printed. The book differs considerably in both text and illustration from Warne’s later edition of 1903. Of all her books ‘The Tailor of Gloucester’ remained Beatrix Potter’s own favourite. (1) £4000-6000
194 Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, 1st ed., deluxe issue, Warne, 1911, full-page col. illusts., half-title with ms. name at head, a few minor marks, pp.79/89 with lower blank corner torn away, pictorial endpapers, pencilled name on front free endpaper, a.e.g., orig. gilt lettered and decorated red cloth, with col. pictorial panel inset to upper cover, spine faded and sl. frayed at ends, rear cover faintly faded along upper margin and return, and with unexceptionable ripple in cloth, 16mo
Lot 193
Linder, p.429. The rare deluxe edition. (1)
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£500-800
196 Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Mr. Tod, 1st ed., Warne, 1912, col. frontis. and fourteen plts., letterpress illusts., pictorial endpapers, orig. beige boards with inset pictorial panel to upper cover, spine sl. rubbed and darkened, with short split at head of lower joint, in orig. glassine wrapper with pubs. ads. printed on rear panel and flaps, some fraying and chipping to edges, small hole in spine, upper margin of rear panel with 3” tear and sl. loss, 16mo Linder, p.429; Quinby 21. (1)
£1500-2000
195 Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse, 1st ed., deluxe issue, Warne, 1910, half-title, full-page col. illusts. (one with sl. surface loss to blank margin), some soiling, stitching partially broken and a few leaves starting, pictorial endpapers, a.e.g., orig. gilt lettered and decorated blue cloth, with col. pictorial panel inset to upper cover, some rubbing to extrems., with sl. loss at head of spine, lower cover soiled, 16mo
197 Potter (Beatrix). The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit, 1st ed., Warne, 1906, fourteen col. illusts. with corresponding text leaves bound concertina-style, folds rubbed, one or two minor fingermarks, orig. wallet-style green cloth binding with blue lettering, upper cover with mounted col. illust., dusty and some soiling, 16mo
Linder, p.429. The rare deluxe edition. (1)
Linder, p.426; Quinby 12. (1)
£300-500
Lot 196
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£200-300
198 Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, 1st ed., Warne, 1911, col. illusts., some finger-soiling, pictorial endpapers, orig. green boards with inset pictorial panel to upper cover, in good condition, 16mo (1)
£200-300
203 [Beatrix Potter]. Peter Rabbit’s Book Shelf, c.1950s, three-tier polished oak and plywood miniature bookcase, with orig. printed pictorial label showing Peter Rabbit, overall 340 x 205mm (13.5 x 8in), containing seventeen books by Beatrix Potter, incl. ten early editions, varying condition, and a set of four books by A.A. Milne (When We Were Very Young, 15th ed., 1927; Winnie-the-Pooh, 2nd ed., 1926; Now We Are Six, 2nd ed., 1927; The House at Pooh Corner, 1st ed., 1928), some finger-soiling, and a few leaves detached and frayed, etc., all orig. cloth, some rubbing and soiling
199 Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse, 1st ed., later issue, Warne, [1918], with ‘London’ printed correctly on the title-page, col. illusts., pictorial endpapers, orig. grey boards with mounted col. illust. to upper cover, spine faded, a few fox spots on upper cover, 16mo Linder, p.430. (1)
£100-150
200 Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Warne, c.1910, col. plts., pictorial endpapers, edges foxed, orig. brown boards, lettered in white with rectangular pictorial panel to upper cover, 16mo In good copy of an early edition of this classic tale. (1)
(1)
204 Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Tom Kitten, 1st ed., Warne, 1907, col. frontis. and illusts., some finger-soiling and marks, orig. greygreen boards, spine sl. faded, extrems. rubbed, and lower joint splitting at foot, 16mo, together with The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, 1st ed., 1909, col. frontis. and illusts., frontis. with crease to blank gutter margin, a few leaves with surface loss (one with sl. loss of text), orig. green boards, spine faded, and with loss to ends, 16mo, plus three other Beatrix Potter 1st eds.
£100-150
201 Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse, 1st ed., Warne, 1910, col. illusts., some minor markings, orig. blue boards lettered in white, with hexagonal pictorial panel to upper cover, spine and margins faded, extrems. of spine lightly rubbed, 16mo Linder, p.429; Quinby 18. (1)
£150-200
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202 Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, Warne, c.1910, col. illusts., some finger-soiling, pictorial endpapers, orig. brown boards with inset col. illust. to upper cover, some unexceptionable rubbing to extrems., but a good copy, 16mo, together with The Tale of Tom Kitten, Warne, c.1910, col. illusts., occn. minor marks, pictorial endpapers, orig. brown boards with inset col. illust. to upper cover, spine faded, 16mo, plus The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, Warne, c.1910, col. illusts., some finger-soiling, p.22 with short surface tear (and small piece adhered to p.23), pictorial endpapers, bookseller’s ticket on rear pastedown, orig. green boards with inset col. illust. to upper cover, spine faded and beginning to fray at ends, 16mo, plus nine others by Beatrix Potter, early editions, varying condition (12)
£150-200
£100-150
205 Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Two Bad Mice, 1st ed., 1st deluxe issue, Warne, 1904, half-title, twenty-seven full-page col. illusts. (one with vertical crease), some finger-soiling and one or two short edge-tears, facing pages 56/7 stained and at one time adhered with sl. surface loss, contemp. ms. ownership signature at head of front free endpaper, a.e.g., contents becoming loose (with some leaves detached and edge-rubbed) in orig. gilt lettered and decorated brown cloth, square col. illust. mounted to upper cover, gilt on spine dulled, extrems. rubbed and a few light marks, but generally in bright condition, 12mo Linder p.424. Scarce in the deluxe binding. (1)
£150-200
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£400-600
Lot 208
206 Rackham (Arthur, illust.). Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods, by Richard Wagner, trans. Margaret Armour, 1st ed., 1911, thirty tipped-in col. plts., with captioned tissue guards, some minor spotting to text and edges, pictorial endpapers, free endpapers partially toned, front free endpaper with contemp. ms. inscription, orig. gilt dec. brown cloth in d.j., d.j. sl. frayed to spine ends and edges of flap folds, 4to Riall, p.109. (1)
£200-300
207 Rackham (Arthur, illust.). Le Printemps sur la Neige et d’Autres Contes du Bon Vieux Temps, by Charles Guyot, Paris, [1922], sixteen mounted col. plts., with captioned tissue guards, full-page b & w illusts., untrimmed, orig. wrappers, in board slipcase lettered in ms., 4to, (limited edition, 314/1300 copies), together with Where the Blue Begins, by Christopher Morley, William Heinemann, 1922, four col. plts., letterpress vigns., free endpapers toned, orig. blue cloth gilt, lightly soiled, spine faded and ends a little rubbed, 4to, plus a copy of The Sleeping Beauty, illust. by Rackham, 1st US ed., [1920], orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed and soiled, in laminated d.j., 4to, plus Le Morte Darthur, illust. by Russell Flint, 2 vols., 1920, orig. cloth, 8vo
208 Rackham (Arthur, illust.). The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie, 1910/Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods, 1911, by Richard Wagner, translated by M. Armour, 1st eds., thirty-four and thirty tipped-in col. plts. respectively, one or two corners a little creased, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, modern navy morocco gilt, ‘Siegfried’ with spine faintly sunned, 4to
209 Rackham (Arthur, illust.). Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, by J. M. Barrie, new ed., [1912], fifty tipped-in col. plts., with captioned tissue guards, correct as list, orig. pictorial endpapers (lightly soiled), t.e.g., recent brown morocco by the Cottage Bindery, Bath, gilt roll decorated raised bands, gilt lettered direct in second and third compartments, remainder gilt panelled with central volute device and volute cornerpieces, covers with gilt double fillet border with dots at the corner intersections, inner border of black scalloped roll, upper cover with gilt vignette of a child, fairies, and animals taken from title-page, 4to, contained in matching cloth slipcase
Riall, p. 109. Deluxe limited editions 545/1150 and 75/1150 respectively, each signed by the artist. A handsome set. (2) £400-600
Riall, p.114. Reprint of the 1906 edition but with a new colour frontispiece and an additional seven full-page drawings. (1) £300-500
(5)
£150-200
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210 Rackham (Arthur, illust.). The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame, New York: The Heritage Press, 1940, twelve col. plts., b & w illusts., orig. gilt dec. blue cloth, in orig. glassine wrapper, contained in orig. slipcase, 8vo, (this is the first appearance of the fourteen line drawings which Rackham prepared for the book), together with Comus by John Milton, Heinemann, [1921], twenty-four col. plts., with captioned tissue guards, correct as list, occn. light spotting, pictorial endpapers, top edges green, remainder rough-trimmed (foxed), orig. gilt dec. green cloth, foot of spine and returns water-stained, in rubbed d.j., chipped and frayed at edges, with some loss at foot of spine, 4to (2)
212 Rackham (Arthur, illust.). The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth & Marvels, by Thomas Ingoldsby, reprinted, William Heinemann, 1909, mounted col. frontis. and twenty-three tipped-in col. plts., b & w illusts., modern blue morocco, gilt dec. spine with contrasting morocco labels, 4to in 8s (1)
£70-100
213 Rahmas (Sigrid & Seagren, Ana Mae). A Day in Fairy Land, c.1950s, col. illusts. throughout, a few light crayon marks at head of title-page, orig. pictorial boards, edges sl. rubbed and with some dust-soiling, tall folio, together with Nister (Ernest, pub.), The Train Scrap Book, [1905], chromo. and sepia plts. throughout, generally toned, title-page lightly foxed, hinges split, early ms. name on front free endpaper, orig. cloth-backed pictorial glazed boards, rubbed, corners showing, oblong 4to, plus Appleton (Honor C., illust.), Joesphine’s Christmas Party, related by Mrs. H.C. Cradock, Blackie, [1927], eight col. plts., some foxing, mostly to endpapers and edges, bookplate on front free endpaper, orig. cloth-backed boards, with col. illust. mounted on upper cover, in price-clipped d.j., lightly soiled, spine ends a little rubbed, 4to, plus seventeen other children’s books, incl. Lawson Wood, Larry the Lamb, a cloth book, and some shaped books
£150-200
(20)
£100-150
214 Ransome (Arthur). Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp, in Rhyme, Illustrated by Mackenzie, 1st ed., Nisbet, [1919], twelve tipped-in col. plts. by Thomas Blakeley Mackenzie, with captioned tissue guards, correct as list, occn. light spotting, pictorial endpapers (lightly foxed and bookplate removed from front pastedown), t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. pictorial cloth, spine ends lightly rubbed, rear cover with lower outer corner bumped, 4to (1)
£150-200
215 Ravilious (Eric, illust.). Royal College of Art Students’ Magazine, Vol. II, No. VIII, June, 1924, letterpress engs., incl. three by Ravilious (his first appearance in print) and others by Edward Bawden, Douglas Percy Bliss, Edward Burra, etc., foxed, incl. untrimmed edges, orig. printed wrappers, sl. dusty and edgefrayed, rear cover with some soiling, slim 8vo (1)
£100-150
216 Richards (J.M. & Ravilious, Eric). High Street, 1st ed., pub. Country Life, 1938, twenty-four colour lithograph plates, occ. light spotting, orig. pict. boards, a little rubbed and bumped, slight loss to head and foot of spine, 8vo (1)
217 Robinson (W. Heath, illust.). Shakespeare’s Comedy of A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, 1914, 12 tipped-in colour plates, illustrations, a few spots, endpapers toned, previous owner inscription, original pictorial cloth gilt, edges slightly rubbed, 4to
211 Rackham (Arthur, illust.). Siegfried & Le Crepuscule des Dieux, par Richard Wagner, Paris, [1911], tipped-in col. plts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. gilt dec. vellum, upper board & spine marked, lacks ties, 4to Limited signed edition, 240/350. (1)
£800-1200
(1)
£100-150
218 Robinson (W. Heath, illust.). The Adventures of Uncle Lubin, 1st ed., Grant Richards, 1902, half-title (rebound after title), colour frontis., b&w illusts. throughout, single-page pub. ad. at rear, some minor marks and marginal soiling, endpapers renewed (front and rear pastedowns retained), orig. pictorial cloth, rubbed and some marks, with pictorial spine partially rubbed away, spine restrengthened, small 4to
£150-200
The first work written and illustrated by William Heath Robinson. (1) £100-150
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219 Robinson (W. Heath, illust.). A Song of the English, by Rudyard Kipling, Hodder & Stoughton, [1909], thirty tipped-in col. plts. with captioned guards, b & w letterpress illusts., edges foxed, orig. gilt dec. blue cloth, lower cover with faint damp-stain along return and lower margin, but a bright copy, 4to (1)
£100-150
220 Robinson (W. Heath, illust.). Heath Robinson’s Book of Goblins: A Collection of Folk-Lore and Fairy Tales, 1st ed., Hutchinson, [1934], seven col. plts. (one with short tear in lower blank margin), b & w letterpress illusts. (one with neat colouring in a juvenile hand), one or two leaves lightly spotted, orig. blindstamped blue cloth gilt, upper cover with cloth lifting sl. and one corner a little bumped, but overall in good condition, 4to (1)
£70-100
221 Robinson (Charles, illust.). Æsop’s Fables, 1st ed., Dent, 1895, b & w illusts., some full-page, pictorial endpapers, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. gilt dec. dark pink cloth with silk ties, partially faded, some spotting to upper cover, 149 x 94mm (5.75 x 3.75in) Rare. Charles Robinson’s first illustrated book. (1)
£150-200
222 Thomson (Hugh, illust.). Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, with a Preface by George Saintsbury, George Allen, 1894, b&w frontis. and illusts., a.e.g., orig. pict. cloth gilt, lower joint partly split and short closed-tear to spine, 8vo (1)
£70-100
223 Tuer (Andrew W.). London Cries: With Six Charming Children, Printed Direct from Stippled Plates in the Bartolozzi Style, and Duplicated in Red and Brown, and About Forty Other Illustrations, Including Ten of Rowlandson’s Humerous Subjects in Facsimile and Tinted; Examples by George Cruikshank, Joseph Crawhall, c. 1885, hand-coloured and b & w illustrations, a few light spots, recent half morocco retaining original boards, 4to, together with Matthew Hinscliff’s Robin Hood and the Curtall Fryer, 1900 (one of 100 copies) (2)
Lot 219
£100-150
224 Wain (Louis). The Story of Tabbykin Town, In School and at Play, 1st ed., pub. C. W. Faulkner, 1920, 12 pp., with thirteen illusts. to text, including five in colour, orig. printed wrappers, stapled as issued, with mounted colour illusts. to upper wrapper, sl. rubbed and some marks, slim small folio (1)
£100-150
225 White (Robb). Sailor in the Sun, illust. Gertrude Elias, 1st ed., 1942, b&w illusts., juvenile owner’s inscription to verso of front endpaper, orig. cloth in d.j., a little rubbed and very sl. chipped to extreme head and foot of spine and outer corners, together with Needham (Violet), The Horn of Merlyns, illust. Joyce Bruce, 1st ed., Collins, 1943, b&w illusts., contemp. presentation inscription to front endpaper, dated 1945, orig. yellow cloth in d.j., a little rubbed and very slightly chipped to extrems., both 8vo (2)
£100-150
Lot 221
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AMERICAN COMICS 226 Action Comics nos. 307-322, 337, 339-343, 348 & 351-353, pub. D.C. Comics, 1964-67, no. 308 with loss to upper corner of front cover, no. 342 with tear to rear cover, cent copies, ten issues with pence inkstamp to front cover, [balance VG+ to FN+] (26)
£100-150
227 Adventure Comics, nos. 312, 315-318, 319 (2 copies), 320323 & 396, pub. D.C. Comics, 1963-70, pen marks to front cover of no. 315, cent copies, [balance FN- to FN+] (12)
£50-80
Lot 229
228 All Star Comics, no. 33, pub. D.C. Comics, 1947, cents copy, bright covers, slight split to head of spine, [FN-] (1)
£600-800
229 Amazing Spider-Man, no. 2, pub. Marvel, 1963, cents copy, CGC 3.0, [G/VG] First appearance of the Vulture and the Terrible Tinkerer. (1)
£150-200
230 Amazing Spider-Man, no. 8, pub. Marvel, 1964, cents copy, CGC 5.5, [FN-] (1)
£100-150
Lot 230
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Lot 231
Lot 233
Lot 235
231 Amazing Spider-Man, no. 10, pub. Marvel, 1964, cents copy, CGC 8.5, [VFN+] First appearance of Big Man (Fred Foswell) and the Enforcers. (1)
£300-500
232 American Comics. A collection of approx. 35 American comics, c. mid 1960s, titles incl. Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, The Atom, Superboy etc., mostly cents copies, numerous issues with pence inkstamp to front cover, [G+ to VG+] (35)
£80-120
233 Avengers, no. 1, pub. Marvel, 1963, cents copy, CGC 4.0, [VG] Origin and first appearance of the Avengers. Teen Brigade and Fantastic Four apperance. (1) £400-600
234 Batman, no. 22, pub. D.C. Comics, 1944, cents copy, bright covers, small price in pencil to front cover, slightly rubbed to extrems. [VG] (1)
£150-200
235 Batman, no. 31, pub. D.C. Comics, 1945, bright covers, cents copy, CGC 6.5, [FN+] First appearance Punch and Judy. (1)
£200-300
Lot 234
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236 Batman, no. 38, pub. D.C. Comics, 1947, bright covers, cents copy, CGC 6.5, [FN+] (1)
£150-200
237 Batman, nos. 159-173, pub. D.C. Comics, 1963-65, some wear to nos. 161 & 162, cent copies, two issues with pence inkstamp to front cover, [balance VG to FN+] (15)
£100-150
238 Batman. Giant Batman Annual, no. 6, pub. D.C. Comics, 1963, cents copy, CGC 7.5, [VFN-], together with Giant Batman Annual, nos. 4, 5 (two copies, one being the Silver Anniversary issue) & 7, 1962-64, cent copies, [FN to FN+], plus Batman, nos. 174-178, 182185, 188, 212, 215, 1965-69, cents copies, three issues with pence inkstamp to front cover, [VG+ to FN+] (17)
£100-150
239 Detective Comics, nos. 317, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 352 & 355, pub. D.C. Comics, 1963-66, cent copies, four issues with pence inkstamp to front cover, [VG+ to FN+], together with World’s Finest Comics, nos. 133-143, 148, 158, 160, 162 & 163, pub. D.C. Comics, 196366, no. 133 lacking rear cover with front cover detached, cents copies, eight issues with pence inkstamp to front cover, [balance G+ to VG+] (33)
£100-150
240 The Flash, nos. 137-139, 140 (2 copies), 141-147, 149, 150, 153-156, 160 & 181, pub. D.C. Comics, 1963-66, cents copies, six issues with pence inkstamp to front cover, [VG+ to FN+] (20)
Lot 236
£100-150
241 Flash, no. 148, pub. D.C. Comics, 1964, cents copy, ink date stamp to upper margin of front cover, CGC 8.5, [VFN+], together with Flash, no. 151, pub. DC, 1965, cents copy, CGC 8.0, [VFN] (2)
£50-80
242 Journey Into Mystery, no. 83, pub. Marvel, 1962, cents copy, CGC 3.0, [G/VG] Origin and first appearance of Thor (Dr. Don Blake). (1)
£500-700
243 Justice League of America, no. 21, pub. D.C. Comics, 1963, bright covers, cents copy, CGC 7.0, [FN/VFN] Re-Introduction JSA in JLA title. First SA appearance Hourman & Dr. Fate. First SA appearance Icicle & Wizard. (1) £70-100
244 Justice League of America, no. 22, pub. D.C. Comics, 1963, bright covers, cents copy, CGC 7.0, [FN/VFN] (1)
£70-100
245 Justice League of America, nos. 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 & 30, pub. D.C. Comics, 1963-64, left margin of no. 21 front cover torn with slight loss, cents copies, three issues with pence inkstamp to front cover, [G to VG+] (7)
£80-120
246 Justice League of America, nos. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 45 & 47, pub. D.C. Comics, 1964-66, cents copies, two issues with pence inkstamp to front cover, [VG- to FN] (8)
Lot 242
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£100-150
247 McCarthy (Charlie). Edgar Bergen Presents Charlie McCarthy in Comics, [pub. Whitman, USA, 1938], slight rubbing to extrems., [FN], 15 x 10.5 inches (1)
£100-150
248 Saalfield Publishing Co. (pub.). Comic, Painting and Crayoning Book, pub. Saalfield Publishing Co., Ohio, 1917, some ink staining to upper right corner of front cover, rubbed to extrems., [VG], 13.5 x 10.25 inches (1)
£70-100
249 Superman, nos. 155-169 (incl. a duplicate of no. 164), pub. D.C. Comics, 1962-64, cents copies, two issues with pence inkstamp to front cover, [GD+ to FN] (16)
£100-150
250 Superman, nos. 181-200, pub. D.C. Comics, 1965-67, cents copies, six issues with pence inkstamp to front cover, [GD+ to FN] (20)
£100-150
251 Superman. Giant Superman Annual, nos. 1, 6 (two versions), 7, 8 & 11, pub. D.C. Comics, 1964-65, cent copies, two issues with pence inkstamp to front cover, [G+ to FN+], together with Superman, nos. 170-180, 1964-65, cent copies, one issue with pence inkstamp to front cover, [VG+ to VFN] (17)
£100-150
Lot 247
252* Superman. Original comic art strip in three panels by George Tuska, as published D.C. Comics, 1979, showing Superman trying to stop the hijacking of the Blimp ‘Good Day’, numbered 8/24 in centre panel and signed in capitals by the artist under final panel, 11.5 x 38cm, window mounted, framed and glazed with a Tuska signed trading card in cellophane packet tipped to frame verso From an original story by Pasko with inking in by Colletta. (1)
£70-100
253 American Comics. A collection of approx. 1750 American comics, pub. Marvel, DC, Image etc., 1980s-2000s, including Batman, The Savage Dragon, Dark Hawk, Conan the Barbarian, The Comet Man, Casper, Superman, The Punisher, Daredevil, Captain America, X Men, The Avengers and Ghost Rider, [VG to FN-] (7 cartons)
£200-400
254 American Comics. A collection of approx. 2500 American comics, pub. Marvel, DC, Image etc., 1980s-2000s, including The End of Today, Zero Hour, Crisis in Time, X-Men 2099, Young Blood, X-Force, X-O Manowar, Legends, Kull the Conqueror, Ka-Zar, The Incredible Hulk, The New Mutants, The New Defenders, Namor, The Sub-Mariner, The Nam, Batman, Cable and Surfer Man, [VG to FN-] (10 cartons)
Lot 248
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£300-500
255 American Comics. A collection of approx. 2500 American comics, pub. Marvel, DC, Image, etc., 1980s-2000s, including Ghost Rider, Marvel Fanfare, Wolverine, Excalibur, Marvel Age, X Men, Mad Dog, Magnus Robot Fighter, The Witching Hour!, Green Arrow, The Demon, Generation X, Cyber Force Zero, Crossed Swords and Moon Knight, [VG to FN] (10 cartons)
260 American Comics. A collection of approx. 2500 America comics, pub. Marvel, DC, Image, etc., 1980s-200s, including All Star Comics, Superman Adventures, Amazing Heroes, The Amazing Spider-Man, American Flag!, Animal Man, Aquaman, Alpha Fight, The Original X-Men, The Avengers, The Adventures of Superman, Daredevil, Dark Dominion, Dark Hawk, Captain America and Camelot 3000, [VG to FN-]
£300-500
(10 cartons)
£300-500
256 American Comics. A collection of approx. 2500 American comics, pub. Marvel, DC, Image, etc., 1980s-2000s, including Superboy, Supergirl, Horus Lord of Light, Sabretooth C.L.A.S.S.I.C., Sable, Spider-Man, Wonder Man, Warlock 5, Warlock and the Infinity Watch, What the ?!, What If, 2099 Unlimited, Classic X Men, X Man/X Men, The War Lord, Watchmen, The Wanderers and Walt Disney Chip ‘n’ Dale, [VG to FN-]
261 American Comics. A collection of approx. 2500 American comics, pub. Marvel, DC, Image, etc., 1980s-2000s, including Guardians of the Galaxy, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, X-Men, New Titans, The Mutants, The Punisher, Time Spirits, Tiger Woman, Terror Inc., Termina City, Tek World, Magnus Robot Fighter, Superman The Man of Steel and Mars Attacks, [VG to FN-]
(10 cartons)
(10 cartons)
£300-500
257 American Comics. A collection of approx. 2500 American comics, pub. Marvel, DC, Image, etc., 1980s-2000s, including Magik, Wolverine, Spider-Man, Marvel Universe, The Maxx, The Micronauts, MTV’s Beavis and Butt-Head, Battle Tide, Batman Gotham Knights, Showdown of the Bat, Batman and the Outsiders, Legends of Dark Knight (Batman), Avengers Spotlight, Cage, Animax and The Adventures of Superman, [VG to FN-] (10 cartons)
262 American Comics. A collection of approx. 2500 American comics, pub. Marvel, DC, Image, etc., 1980s-2000s, including Jemm Son of Saturn, Justice League Task Force, Marville, Lost Universe, Long Shot, Lobo’s Back, Superman/Man of Steel, Action Comics, Superboy, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Punisher War Zone, The Tick, Venom and The Silver Surfer, [VG to FN-] (10 cartons)
263 American Comics. A collection of approx. 2500 American comics, pub. Marvel, DC, Image, etc., 1980s-2000s, including The Original Ghost Rider, Ghost, Gen-13, Green Arrow, Underworld, Unexpected, Union, Unity, US I, Silver Sable, Iron Man, The Sensational She Hulk, Cat Woman and The Joker, [VG to FN-] (10 cartons)
£300-500
264 American Comics. A collection of approx. 2500 American comics, pub. Marvel, DC, Image, etc., 1980s-2000s, including The Mighty Thor, Thunder Cats, X-Men, Trinity 1, G I Joe, Fool Killer, Flash, Avengers, Judge Dredd, Justice League, Generation X, Gen 13, Fury and Alpha Flight, [VG to FN-]
£300-500
259 American Comics. A collection of approx. 2500 American comics, pub. Marvel, DC, Image, etc., 1980s-2000s, including Robin, III, II, I, Spider-Man, Star Brand, The Powerpuff Girls, The Alien Legion, Marvel Fanfare, The Marvel Saga, Marvel Tales, Mazing Man, The Micronauts, Alien Legion, Aliens, Aquaman and Spider-Girl, [VG to FN-] (10 cartons)
£300-500
£300-500
258 American Comics. A collection of approx. 2500 American comics, pub. Marvel, DC, Image, etc., 1980s-2000s, including Wild B.R.A.T.S, War Dancer, Silver Surfer, Silver Sable, The Sword of Solomon Kane, Slash Maraud, Morbius the Living Vampire, Moon Knight, Millenium, X Factor, Knightstalkers, Night Watch, Nomad and The Omega Man, [VG to FN-] (10 cartons)
£300-500
(10 cartons)
£300-500
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£300-500
RUPERT BEAR BOOKS & EPHEMERA NOTE: If you would like to join Rupert Bear’s fan club, ‘The Followers of Rupert’ then please visit their website at http://www.rupertthebear.org.uk On joining the Followers if you quote the word ‘Dominic’ on your application form, they will give you a Rupert scarf and an exclusive 2011 Rupert calendar as a free gift for joining the society.
Lot 265
Lot 266
Lot 268
265 Rupert Bear. The New Adventures of Rupert, 1st ed., pub. Daily Express, 1936, duotone illusts. throughout, first two colouring pages very neatly coloured, neat inscription to ‘belongs to box’, orig. red dec. cloth, extremely clean and bright, in scarce dust-jacket, some fraying to edges and a few short closed tears, split to head and tail of spine, with very slight loss to upper and lower outer corners of upper wrapper, 4to (1)
£500-800
266 Rupert Bear. The New Adventures of Rupert, 1st ed., pub. Daily Express, 1936, duotone illusts. throughout, lacking ‘belongs to’ page, colouring pages completed, orig. dec. cloth, small stain to spine, some fading, 4to (1)
£100-150
267 Rupert Bear. More Adventures of Rupert, 1st ed., pub. Daily Express, 1937, duotone illusts. throughout, neat inscription in ‘belongs to’ box, orig. cloth-backed pict. boards, contained in orig. cardboard postage box, some wear, 4to A fine example. (1)
Lot 267
£250-350
268 Rupert Bear. The New Rupert Book, 1st ed., pub. Daily Express, 1938, duotone illusts. throughout, inscribed, orig. clothbacked col. pict. boards, rubbed to extrems., 4to (1)
£150-200
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271 Rupert Bear. The Rupert Book, 1st ed., pub. Daily Express, 1941, col. illusts. throughout, ‘file copy’ inkstamp to several leaves and rear cover, orig. col. pict. boards, ‘specimen copy’ and ‘194142’ written in ink to upper cover, some rubbing to extrems., 4to
269 Rupert Bear. The Adventures of Rupert, 1st ed., pub. Daily Express, 1939, duotone illusts. throughout, inscribed, orig. clothbacked pict. boards, rubbed to extrems., 4to (1)
£200-300
This copy has come from the Mary Tourtel, Alfred Bestall & Freddie Chaplain archive which was auctioned off in 2007. (1) £300-400
270 Rupert Bear. Rupert’s Adventure Book, 1st ed., pub. Daily Express, 1940, col. illusts. throughout, usual foxing to title and last leaf, inscribed, orig. col. pict. boards, very slight loss to base of spine, slight rubbing to extrems., 4to
272 Rupert Bear. The Rupert Book, 1st ed., pub. Daily Express, 1941, col. illusts. throughout, inscribed, orig. col. pict. boards, small pen mark to upper cover, slightly rubbed, 4to
(1)
(1)
£200-300
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£200-300
275 Rupert Bear. Rupert in More Adventures, 1st ed., pub. Daily Express, 1944, col. illusts. throughout, inscribed to ‘belongs to’ box and inside front cover, not price-clipped, orig. col. pict. wrappers, small split to base of spine, slightly rubbed, 4to
273 Rupert Bear. More Adventures of Rupert, 1st ed., pub. Daily Express, 1942, col. illusts. throughout, inscribed, not price-clipped, orig. col. pict. wrappers, rubbed to extrems., 4to (1)
£300-400
(1)
£150-200
274 Rupert Bear. More Rupert Adventures, 1st ed., pub. Daily Express, 1943, col. illusts. throughout, colouring pages partly completed, inscribed, not price-clipped, orig. col. printed wrappers, base of spine rubbed, 4to
276 Rupert Bear. A New Rupert Book, 1st ed., pub. Daily Express, 1945, col. illusts. throughout, two inscriptions to ‘belongs to’ page, not price-clipped, orig. col. pict. wrappers, small split to base of spine, indentations to upper cover, 4to
(1)
(1)
£200-300
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£150-200
279 Rupert Bear. More Adventures of Rupert, 1st ed., pub. Daily Express, printed Harrison & Sons, 1947, col. illusts. throughout, not inscribed or price clipped, orig. col. pict. wrappers, light vertical crease and spotting to upper cover, 4to
277 Rupert Bear. The New Rupert Book, 1st ed., pub. Daily Express, 1946, col. illusts. throughout, not inscribed or priceclipped, orig. col. pict. wrappers, 4to (1)
£100-150
(1)
£70-100
278 Rupert Bear. More Adventures of Rupert, 1st ed., pub. Daily Express, 1947, col. illusts. throughout, not inscribed or priceclipped, orig. col. pict. wrappers, slight rubbing to spine ends, occ. spotting to upper cover, 4to
280 Rupert Bear. The Rupert Book, 1st ed., pub. Daily Express, 1948, col. illusts. throughout, not inscribed or price-clipped, light creases to ‘belongs’ to page, orig. col. pict. wrappers, slightly rubbed, 4to
(1)
(1)
£100-150
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£80-120
Lot 281 281 Rupert Bear. Rupert Annual, 1st ed., pub. Daily Express, 1949, col. illusts. throughout, inscribed, not price-clipped, orig. col. pict. wrappers, slightly rubbed, 4to (1)
£80-120
282 Rupert Bear. Adventures of Rupert, 1950; The New Rupert Book, 1951 (two copies); More Rupert Adventures, 1952 (two copies); More Adventures of Rupert, 1953 (two copies), all 1st eds., pub. Daily Express, together 7 vols., col. illusts. throughout, some vols. inscribed and/or price-clipped, all orig. col. pict. boards, first three vols. with slight splitting to spine ends, rubbed, 4to (7)
£150-200
283 Rupert Bear. Rupert Annual, 7 vols., all 1st eds., pub. Daily Express, 1954-60, col. illusts. throughout, three vols. with colouring page completed, magic-paintings untouched to 1960 vol., a few vols. inscribed and/or price-clipped, all orig. col. pict. boards, some rubbing to extrems., 4to (7)
£200-300
284 Rupert Bear. Rupert Annual, 8 vols., all 1st eds., pub. Daily Express, 1961, 1962 & 1964-69, col. illusts. throughout, all vols. with magic paintings untouched, most vols. inscribed or priceclipped, orig. col. pict. boards, some rubbing, 4to (8)
£200-300
285 Rupert Bear. Rupert Annual, 1st ed., pub. Daily Express, 1963, title signed and dated by author, not inscribed or price-clipped, magic painting pages untouched, col. illusts. throughout, orig. col. pict. boards, overall fine condition, 4to Title page inscription reads ‘Alfred E. Bestall, ‘73’. This is the same year Bestall stopped working for the Daily Express due to differences over the 1973 annual. (1) £300-400
Lot 285
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286 Rupert Bear. Rupert Annual, pub. Daily Express, 1973, col. illusts. throughout, title-page not price clipped, ‘Belongs To’ box completed neatly in block capitals with black crayon in a juvenile hand ‘Thomas M’, orig. col. pictorial boards, large 8vo The rare 1973 annual depicting Rupert with a brown face. Traditionally, Rupert always had a brown face on the front cover (and continued to do so after 1973). For the year of 1973 Bestall gave Rupert a brown face as usual, but the editor of the Express thought that this blended into the background too much, so decided to change Rupert to a white bear without consulting Bestall. When Bestall realised, he left in protest and never drew another cover for a Rupert annual. He was incensed at not being consulted about the decision, and also annoyed that the editor didn’t think to reintroduce the shading and shadows present in his version. To appease Bestall, his signature was disguised on the covers of the white-faced annual. There is thought to be about half a dozen of the brown-faced annual produced, and to our knowledge only four have come to light. The holy grail of any Rupert collection! (1) £10000-15000
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287 Rupert Bear. A large collection of approx. 140 Rupert Annuals (incl. many duplicates), pub. Daily Express, 1970-2009, col. illusts. throughout, many inscribed and/or price clipped, all orig. col. pict. boards, one or two with spine damage etc., overall in very good condition, 4to (140)
£300-400
288 Rupert Bear. A full set of Rupert Annual Facsimiles, 19361966, pub. 1985-2010, together 23 vols., b&w/col. illusts throughout, all orig. pict. boards/wrappers, later vols. in slipcases (as issued), some wear to 1943 vol., 1955 vol. lacking slipcase, overall as new condition, 4to The years 1946, 1947, 1954, 1956, 1960-62 & 1964 were not reproduced in facsimile largely due to issues of political correctness. (23) £300-400
289 Rupert Bear. The Adventures of Rupert the Little Lost Bear, by Mary Tourtel, 1st ed., c. 1921, duotone illusts. throughout, orig. col. pict. boards, slight splitting to spine ends, some rubbing to extrems., overall very good condition, small 4to The first Rupert book by Mary Tourtel. (1)
£200-300
290 Rupert Bear. The Adventures of Rupert the Little Lost Bear, by Mary Tourtel, 1st ed., c. 1921, duotone illusts. throughout, orig. col. pict. boards, some staining to spine and upper cover, small 4to, together with Little Bear and the Fairy Child, 1st ed., c. 1922, duotone illusts., juvenile colouring throughout, orig. col. pict. boards, spine loose with bottom half missing, wear to extrems., small 4to, plus Margot the Midget, 1st ed., c. 1922, duotone illusts., juvenile colouring throughout, orig. col. pict. boards, spine missing, wear to extrems., small 4to (3)
£150-200
291 Rupert Bear. Rupert Little Bear’s Adventures, Number Three, by Mary Tourtel, pub. Daily Express, c. 1925, col. frontis., two col. plts., monotone illusts. throughout, occ. spotting, orig. col. pict. boards, neatly rebacked preserving orig. pict. spine, slightly rubbed, 4to Scarce. (1)
Lot 291 £800-1200
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295 Rupert Bear. Rupert and the Old Miser, by Mary Tourtel, pub. Sampson Low, c. 1927, monotone illusts. throughout, orig. clothbacked pict. boards, slight rubbing to spine, overall a fine example, 4to
292 Rupert Bear. Rupert Little Bear’s Adventures, Number Three, by Mary Tourtel, pub. Daily Express, c. 1925, col. frontis., two col. plts., monotone illusts. throughout, slight dampstaining to endpapers and frontis., orig. col. pict. boards, very neatly rebacked, slightly rubbed, 4to Scarce. (1)
(1)
296 Rupert Bear. Rupert and the Princess, by Mary Tourtel, pub. Sampson Low, c. 1927, monotone illusts. throughout, orig. clothbacked col. pict. boards, small tear to head of spine, slight crack to lower corner of upper cover, some rubbing to extrems., 4to, together with Rupert in the Wood of Mystery & Rupert and the Magic Whistle (Rupert Little Bear Library nos. 5 & 19), by Mary Tourtel, 1st eds., c. 1920s, b&w illusts. throughout, no. 5 with some juvenile colouring, both orig. yellow printed boards (no. 12 in orig. d.j.,), base of spine torn to no. 5, 8vo
293 Rupert Bear. Rupert and the Magic Toy Man, by Mary Tourtel, pub. Sampson Low, c. 1927, monotone illusts. throughout, orig. cloth-backed pict. boards, slight rubbing and soiling, 4to (1)
£300-400
294 Rupert Bear. Rupert and the Magic Toy Man, by Mary Tourtel, pub. Sampson Low, c. 1927, monotone illusts. throughout, hinges cracked, orig. cloth-backed pict. boards, spine repaired with glue, rubbed, 4to (1)
£200-300
£500-800
(3)
£150-200
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£200-300
Lots 297 to 301
Lots 302 to 306 297 Rupert Bear. Rupert and the Enchanted Princess (Rupert Little Bear Library no. 1), by Mary Tourtel, n.d., c. 1930s, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. yellow pict. boards in d.j., slightly split to base of spine, rubbed, 8vo (1)
301 Rupert Bear. Rupert and Prince-Humpty Dumpty (Rupert Little Bear Library no. 26), by Mary Tourtel, 1st ed., n.d., c. 1920s, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. yellow pict. boards in d.j., 8vo (1)
302 Rupert Bear. Rupert’s Christmas Tree (Rupert Little Bear Library no. 28), by Mary Tourtel, 1st ed., n.d., c. 1920s, b&w illusts. throughout, inscription to head of title, orig. yellow pict. boards in d.j., upper and lower edges repaired and strengthened, lower portion of rear flap replaced, rubbed, 8vo
298 Rupert Bear. Rupert and the Three Robbers (Rupert Little Bear Library no. 7), by Mary Tourtel, n.d., c. 1930s, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. yellow pict. boards in d.j., 8vo (1)
£70-100
(1)
299 Rupert Bear. Rupert and His Pet Monkey Again (Rupert Little Bear Library no. 23), by Mary Tourtel, 1st ed., n.d., c. 1920s, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. yellow pict. boards in d.j., head of spine repaired, 8vo (1)
£70-100
303 Rupert Bear. Rupert Goes Hiking (Rupert Little Bear Library no. 30), by Mary Tourtel, 1st ed., n.d., c. 1920s, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. yellow pict. boards in d.j., several tape repairs to verso, small piece missing from rear cover, rubbed, 8vo
£70-100
(1)
300 Rupert Bear. Rupert’s Latest Adventure (Rupert Little Bear Library no. 25), by Mary Tourtel, 1st ed., n.d., c. 1920s, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. yellow pict. boards, spine ends neatly repaired, in d.j., a few repaired closed tears to upper edge, rubbed, 8vo (1)
£70-100
£70-100
£70-100
304 Rupert Bear. Rupert and Willy Wispe (Rupert Little Bear Library no. 31), by Mary Tourtel, 1st ed., n.d., c. 1920s, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. yellow pict. boards in d.j., loss to base of spine, rubbed, 8vo
£70-100
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£70-100
305 Rupert Bear. Rupert and Bill Keep Shop (Rupert Little Bear Library no. 34), by Mary Tourtel, 1st ed., n.d., c. 1920s, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. yellow pict. boards, spine ends neatly repaired, in d.j., a few repaired closed tears to upper and lower edges, rubbed, 8vo (1)
£70-100
306 Rupert Bear. Rupert and Bill and the Pirates (Rupert Little Bear Library no. 40), by Mary Tourtel, 1st ed., n.d., c. 1920s, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. yellow pict. boards, spine split at base, in d.j., spine ends torn, slight loss to upper corner of rear cover, 8vo (1)
£70-100
307 Rupert Bear. A collection of approx. 50 Rupert Little Bear Library Books (incl. duplicates), c. 1920s/30s, b&w illusts., some colouring, all orig. yellow printed boards, mixed conditions, over half have some kind of spine damage, several affected by damp, remainder in good order, 8vo (50)
£300-500
309 Rupert Bear. The Rupert Story Book, by Mary Tourtel, 1st ed., 1938, col. frontis., duotone illusts. throughout, colouring page at front neatly completed, orig. col. pict. boards, split to head of spine, rubbed, 4to (1)
£150-200
310 Rupert Bear. The Rupert Story Book, by Mary Tourtel, 1st ed., 1938, lacking col. frontis., duotone illusts. throughout, colouring pages completed, orig. col. pict. boards, spine split at head and frayed at base, rubbed, 4to, together with Rupert Little Bear, More Stories, 1st ed., 1939, col. frontis., duotone illusts. throughout, colouring pages completed, orig. col. pict. boards, spine split at head with very slight loss to base, some wear to extrems., 4to, plus Rupert Again, 1st ed., 1940, col. frontis., orig. col. pict. boards, spine split at head, rubbed, 4to (3)
308 Rupert Bear. Monster Rupert, by Mary Tourtel, 1st ed., 1933, col. frontis, monotone illusts. throughout, upper hinge weak, orig. col. pict. boards, some wear to extrems. with slight loss to spine ends, 4to (1)
£150-200
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£200-300
311 Rupert Bear. A collection of approx. 75 Bruintje Beer books, c. 1930s and later, incl. twenty-one Bruintje Beer books, 1st series, c. 1930s (several worn); num. reprints of the same series; Bruintje Beer Annual, 1970, etc., all in orig boards/wrappers, 4to/oblong 4to, together with a small collection of Rupert newspaper clippings from the Daily Express, c. 1950s (75)
£150-200
313 Rupert Bear. Rupert and Edward and the Circus, Cut-Out and Story Book, pub. Sampson Low, n.d., c. 1949, col. illusts. throughout, all cut-outs perfect & unused, orig. col. pict. wrappers, overall fine condition, folio Scarce in this condition. (1)
312* Rupert Bear. A group of Bruintje Beer children’s cutlery and dish (non matching), c. 1930s, comprising, fork, spoon, pusher, egg spoon and dish, stainless steel, contained in orig. pict. box, overall very good condition (1)
£150-200
314 Rupert Bear. Rupert, Painting and Tracing Book, pub. Sampson Low, n.d., c. 1949, b&w illusts., unused, orig. col. pict. wrappers, slight split to base of spine, overall fine condition, oblong 8vo, (Scarce), together with Rupert Activity Book no. 2, 1959, col. illusts. throughout, orig. col. pict. wrappers, overall very fine condition, 4to, plus Rupert at the Seaside, pub. L.T.A. Robinson, n.d., c. 1952, col. illusts., orig. col. pict. boards, some rubbing to spine ends, 4to, plus approx. fifteen other mostly 1950s Rupert books, incl. Rupert and the Pink Kitten, Rupert and Dickory Dock, Rupert and the Wonderful Boots (two copies), four copies of Rupert’s Famous Yellow Library (soft back), etc.
£70-100
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£150-200
315 Rupert Bear. Rupert Activity Book, Music and Story Book no. 1, pub. Daily Express, 1958, col. illusts. throughout, orig. col. printed wrappers, large publishers printed label to bottom of front cover stating that it’s the Activity & Music Book no. 1, overall fine condition, 4to Very Rare. This is one of only three copies known to exist. (1) £1000-1500
316 Rupert Bear. Rupert Music Book no. 2, Music by Clive Mannering, pub. Daily Express, 1959, col. illusts. throughout, colouring page to inside front cover untouched, orig. col. pict. wrappers, light crease to rear cover, overall fine condition, 4to Scarce. Only a handful of copies known to exist. (1) £150-200
317 Rupert Bear. A collection of 54 Rupert Adventure Series Books (incl. duplicates), pub. Daily Express, c. late 1940s/early 1950s, col. illusts. throughout, all orig. col. pict. wrappers, one or two worn, overall very good condition, 4to Comprising, nos. 2 (3), 4-10, 11 (3), 12-23, 24 (2), 25, 26 (3), 27-30, 31 (2), 32-46, 48 & 49. (54) £400-600
Lot 315 318* Rupert Bear. An autograph letter signed from Alfred E. Bestall [1892-1986], Beddgelert, North Wales, 19th April , 1972, ‘to Mrs Clark, thanking her for her letter, ‘I am briefly back in favourite haunts and, luckily, there is no Rupert work overdue - or even due. Among your many items of interest your mention of a Rupert teapot must certainly be reported to Mr. F. H. Chaplin who has edited my Rupert Annuals for many years. He is collecting much data about Rupert’s history. He, of course, has the complete set of the Annuals, but his “Little Bear Library” is not so complete & I happen to know that he is short of No. 21 and all those from No. 39 onwards ...’, continuing with more Rupert related information, giving Mr. Chaplin’s address and recommending him for help with dating, saying how the annual brought him close to collapse, and that although he did lot of the drawings several helpers were appointed, talking of Mary Tourtel and her involvement until her sight was lost, thanking her for enjoying his crazier characters and continuing in much the same vein, 3 pp., one sheet of Rupert letterhead with Rupert motif lower right, plus continuation sheet, 4to, together with a second autograph letter initialled to Alan Clark, 3rd September 1980, discussing the new annual but stating that he does not like the cover very much, ‘It is just too busy & too grinning, no perspective or useful spot, & a very weak rendering of Rollo ...’, with further discussion of Rupert and mutual contacts, 4 pp., 8vo, plus orig. postmarked envelope (2)
£200-300
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Lot 316
Lot 325 319 Rupert Bear. The Big Rupert Story Book, pub. Purnell, c. 1951, duotone illusts. throughout, orig. cloth-backed pict. boards, rubbed, 4to, together with The New Rupert Colour Adventure Book, pub. L.T.A. Robinson, c. 1954, col. illusts. throughout, orig. cloth-backed col. pict. boards, rubbed, 4to, plus Rupert Story Book, pub. Purnell, c. 1950, duotone and b&w illusts. throughout, orig. col. pict. boards, rubbed, 4to, plus forty similar Rupert publications (incl. some duplicates)
322 Rupert Bear. A collection of 13 Rupert Annuals (incl. duplicates), pub. Daily Express, c. 1940s, col. illusts. throughout, mostly inscribed and/or price clipped, all orig. col. pict. wrappers, five vols. with wear and loss to spines, overall very good condition, 4to
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323 Rupert Bear. A collection of 16 Rupert Annuals (incl. duplicates), pub. Daily Express, c. 1950s, col. illusts. throughout, mostly inscribed and/or price clipped, all orig. col. pict. boards, five vols. with wear and partial/complete loss to spines, overall very good condition, 4to
Comprising, 1943 (1), 1945 (2), 1946 (1), 1947 (1), 1948 (6) & 1949 (2). (13) £700-1000
£200-300
320 Rupert Bear. Boys’ & Girls’ Book, 4 vols., pub. Daily Express, 1936-39, col. plts., b&w illusts, orig. printed cloth/orig. clothbacked pict. boards, rubbed, 1937 vol. in orig. d.j., fraying to edge, and contained in orig. cardboard postage box, some wear, folio, together with The Daily Express Children’s Annual, ed. S. Louis Giraud, n.d., c. 1933, seven pop-ups (five in working order), b&w illusts., orig. col. pict. boards, spine split to lower joint, 4to (5)
Comprising, 1951 (3), 1952 (3), 1953 (1), 1954 (1), 1955 (2), 1957 (1), 1958 (3) & 1959 (2). (16) £300-500
324 Rupert Bear. A collection of 26 Rupert Annuals (incl. duplicates), pub. Daily Express, c. 1960s, col. illusts. throughout, majority of magic-paintings completed, mostly inscribed and/or price clipped, all orig. col. pict. boards, six vols. with wear and some loss to spines, overall very good condition, 4to
£70-100
321 Rupert Bear. A large collection of recent Rupert books, magazines and ephemera, c. 1970s to 2000s, incl. Rupert Annuals 2010 (both versions) and 2011 (75th Anniversay edition), The Rupert Bear Dossier, 1997, forty-five Rupert Yellow Libraries, pub. Woolworths, c. 1970s, twenty-one Rupert Jigsaws (complete?), num. nutwood newsletters etc., overall in very good condition (-)
Comprising, 1960 (1), 1961 (3), 1962 (2), 1963 (1), 1964 (2), 1965 (4), 1966 (2), 1967 (4), 1968 (2) & 1969 (5). (26) £200-300
£100-150
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325* Rupert Bear. A collection of six ‘Rupert annual’ cover prints, pub. Clark Brandt, 1971, five signed by ‘Alfred Bestall’ and numbered to the lower margin, image size 42 x 58.5cm, all framed and glazed, except for the unsigned print which is contained (rolled) in a cardboard tube
328* Rupert Bear. A collection of 9 original drawings of Rupert Bear by Jon Davis, c. 1986, comprising eight pencil drawings and one pen & ink drawing, image sizes between 53 x 32. 5cm & 29.5 x 14.5cm approx. (largest drawing folded down the centre), together with four printers proofs for Rupert Bear ephemera, 1986, comprising Rupert Plays Tic Tac Toe; Rupert Plays Chinese Checkers; Rupert Plays Draughts; Sow’n Grow with Rupert (Delicious Mint/Delicious Stawberries/Giant Sunflowers/Cactus Plants), image sizes between 109 x 140cm & 30 x 29.5cm
Each signed print is limited to an edition of seventy-five. The annual covers comprise, 1948 (unsigned), 1949 (29/75), 1964 (34/75), 1967 (26/75), 1968 (65/75) & 1969 (30/75). (6) £700-1000
All the drawings and proofs were done for books & ephemera printed by Grafton. (13) £100-150
326* Rupert Bear. An original comic strip pair of pen and ink cartoon drawings of Rupert Bear by Alfred Bestall, drawn for ‘Rupert and The Early Bird’, 1958, originally appearing in the Daily Express and later in the Rupert Annual for 1971, the left cell showing Rupert feeding a bird, very light blue shading to the clothing of Rupert and one other figure, signed ‘Bestall’ to lower right corner of left cell, 9.5 x 21cm, framed and glazed with pencil details to verso, together with the orig. watercolour story board for the same page in the Rupert Annual of 1971 and including all four cells, acetate overlay with black outlines and hatching, page 70 marked on board lower right, plate marks to recto and verso, 34 x 24.5cm, plus another original watercolour story page of four cells, from drawings by Bestall with outline acetate overlay, from ‘Rupert and The Little River’, Daily Express Rupert Annual 1975, page six, 23 x 21cm, framed and glazed, pencil details to verso (3)
£200-300
329* Rupert Bear. A pair of original pen and ink cartoon cells by John Harrold, from Rupert and the Noisy Firework, 1993, pen and ink on card with blue wash for some of the clothing, signed lower left corner of right cell, light horizontal creasing, approx. 11 x 24cm, window mounted with the finished pair of consecutive colourprinted cartoon cells beneath with the chapter heading ‘Rupert Meets Horace Hedgehog’, framed and glazed with a note that the cartoon is signed on the back ‘John Harrold ‘93 Rupert & The Noisy Firework 5 & 5A’, together with the four watercolour cartoon cells for page 19 of ‘Rupert Bails Out’ from Rupert on Um Island, from drawings by John Harrold with acetate overlays and additional outlines and colouring to each cell, framed and glazed, modern colour copy of the relevant story page with full text taped to frame verso, both approx. 36 x 36cm, plus a portfolio of twelve coloured Rupert prints from drawings by John Harrold, published by Hawk Books, 1998, each with printed caption beneath and indicating a limited edition print run of 950 for each print, six signed and numbered by John Harrold as either 214 or 250 of 300S, 34 x 44cm, orig. card portfolio with printed label to upper cover, additionally signed in gold by John Harrold and numbered 45/75F
327* Rupert Bear. A collection of approx. 65 original drawings of Rupert Bear by Jon Davis, c. 1986, mainly pencil drawings although there are a couple of pen & ink drawing, image sizes between 18.5 x 30.5cm & 17.5 x 15cm approx. All the drawings were done for books & ephemera printed by Grafton. (65) £200-300
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BRITISH COMICS 330 Beano. The Beano Comic no. 1, 30th July 1938, upper cover browned with a couple of slight marginal tears, [VG+] A nice example of the first ever Beano Comic, of which only a handful of copies are known to exist. The Beano soon became the most popular British comic, largely thanks to the artist Dudley D. Watkins, who drew a number of Beano characters, including Biffo the Bear, Lord Snooty and Jack Flash. (1) ÂŁ7000-10000
Lot 330
331 Beano. The Beano Comic nos. 191, 194, 199, 206, 208, 214, 218, 219, 223, 224, 226, 227, 228 (x 2), 229, 242, 245 & 246, 1942-1944, together 18 orig. issues, approx. five issues with some wear, e.g. slight loss to covers, tape repairs etc, generally good condition, [FR/VG] (18)
Lot 331
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ÂŁ300-500
Lot 332 332 Beano. The Beano Book no. 1, pub. D.C. Thomson, 1940, monotone and duotone illusts. throughout, orig. col. pict. boards, some wear to spine edges, slight surface loss to lower corner of upper cover, rubbed, 4to A good example of the first Beano Annual. (1)
ÂŁ2000-3000
333 Beano. The Magic Beano Book, pub. D.C. Thomson, 1949, duotone illusts. throughout, not inscribed, orig. col. pict. boards, slight staining to bottom corner of upper cover, some rubbing to spine edges, 4to, together with The Magic Beano Book, 1950, duotone illusts. throughout, orig. col. pict. boards, orig. price written in pencil to top of upper cover, slightly rubbed, 4to (2)
ÂŁ150-200
Lot 333
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335 Broons. The Broons Annual, pub. D.C. Thomson, 1956, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth-backed pict. card-covers, overall fine condition, 4to (1)
£70-100
336 Buster Brown. Four bound vols. of Buster Brown Comic (incomplete), c. 1910, col. illusts. throughout, one vol. with pieces missing out of first few leaves, all bound in later cloth-backed wrappers, oblong 4to Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (4)
£80-120
334 Beezer. The Beezer Comic no. 1, 21st January 1956, small tape repair to one leaf, a couple of rust stains to front cover which has also affected some leaves, slight wear to spine, light horizontal centre fold, [G+], together with The Beezer Comic no. 2, 28th January 1956, slight toning to front cover, [VG+] (2)
£100-150
337 Champion. Champion and Triumph Comic, nos. 1097-1143, bound in two half-yearly vols., Jan-Dec 1943, together 47 orig. issues, contemp. cloth gilt with inkstamps/labels to covers and endpapers, [FN/VFN] (2)
£120-180
338 Children’s Annuals. Bubbles Annuals, 3 vols., 1935, 1937 & 1939, col. and b&w illusts., throughout, all orig. cloth-backed col. pict. boards, wear to extrems, folio, together with Slick Fun Album, 6 vols., 1949-51, 1953, 1954 & 1956, col. and b&w illusts., all orig. cloth-backed col. pict. boards, some rubbing, 4to, plus Jolly Jack’s Annual, 3 vols., 1935-37, col. and b&w illusts., all orig. cloth-backed col. pict. boards, some wear to extrems., folio, plus fourteen other similar children’s annuals (25)
£100-150
339 Comics. A collection of approx. 180 assorted comics and magazines, c. 1900s-1950s, incl. Tiny Tots, Champion, Junior Express Weekly, Budget, Penny Wonder & thirteen Dandy Summer Specials, c. 1970s-80s, [GD to VFN] Lot 335
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£150-200
340 Dandy. The Dandy Comic no. 1, 4th December 1937, light tan pages, a few spine tears, ‘Return To Sales Department’ stamp to lower margin of front cover (denoting a publishers office copy), last four pages have a 2.5 inch vertical tear by the lower spine, [VG], together with A Dandy Comic flyer advertising nos. 1 & 2, 1937, eight-page mini-comic, slight fraying to lower margin, [VG] A good example of the first ever Dandy Comic. (2)
£3000-5000
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343 Dandy. The Dandy Comic no. 9, 29th January 1938, small tear to spine, [FN]
341 Dandy. The Dandy Comic no. 2, 11th December, 1937, slight edge tears, covers soiled, slight loss to upper margin of front cover, some spine tears and splitting to spine ends, [G+] (1)
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£150-200
£400-600
342 Dandy. The Dandy Comic no. 6, 8th January 1938, a couple of small tears to spine, fore-edge of upper cover a little frayed, [VG+]
344 Dandy. The Dandy Comic no. 15, 12th March 1938, five sewholes to spine, slight tear to upper and lower margin of front cover, [VG]
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£150-200
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£80-120
345 Dandy. The Dandy Comic no. 16, 19th March 1938, some ink blemishes to top third of cover, three sew-holes and two horizontal half-inch spine tears, [GD+] (1)
£80-120
347 Dandy. The Dandy Monster Comic no. 1, pub. D.C. Thomson, 1939, monotone and duotone illusts. throughout, orig. col. pict. boards, slight wear to base of spine, a couple of marginal cracks to upper cover, rubbed, 4to
346 Dandy. A collection of 32 Dandy comics, c. 1939-61, some issues with toning, occ. spotting and some wear to edges, [GD+ to FN+] Comprises nos. 78, 132, 289-292, 295-297, 299, 300, 307, 312, 321, 324, 325, 333, 368, 386, 396, 663, 798, 800, 838, 864, 878, 1021, 1027 , 1033, 1038, 1039 & 1047. (32) £300-500
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£1000-1500
349 Dandy. The Dandy Monster Comic, pub. D.C. Thomson, 1948, duotone illusts. throughout, some pencil scribble to rear pastedown, orig. col. pict. boards, small piece of spine missing, base of spine loose, some ink/pencil colouring to covers, 4to, together with The Dandy Monster Comic, 1949, duotone illusts. throughout, not inscribed, orig. col. pict. boards, small crayon scribble to top of upper cover, slight rubbing, 4to (2)
£150-200
350 Eagle. The Eagle Comic, vol. 1, nos. 1-52, 1950-51, staples rusted, newsagent markings to covers, no. 1 worn and frayed, [GD], balance [VG+-FN], together with duplicates of vol. 1, nos. 38-41, 44, 49-52, 1950-51, no. 44 worn with tape repairs [GD-], balance [VG+] (61)
351 Eagle. The Eagle Comic, vol. 1, no. 1, 21st April 1950, orig. printers proof., 8pp., a few old tape marks to rear cover, [FN]
348 Dandy. The Dandy Monster Comic, pub. D.C. Thomson, 1940, monotone and duotone illusts. throughout, orig. col. pict. boards, some rubbing to spine edges, overall a bright example, 4to (1)
£150-200
This is a scarce proof of the first Eagle Comic. It is dated on the front cover 21st April 1950 but it was actually released one week early dated 14th April 1950. This proof is a partial version of the original comic and only contains the coloured leaves. (1) £150-200
£700-1000
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352 Eagle. The Eagle Comic, vol. 1, no. 1, 14th April 1950, cover and back page separated at spine with no loss, [GD] (1)
355 Film Fun. Two advertising flyers for the first Film Fun and first Kinema Comics, c. 1920, a few tears and tape repairs to edges of the Kinema flyer [GD/VG+]
£50-80
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£50-80
353 Eagle. A collection of 75 Eagle Comics, c. 1951-55, some with ownership name to front covers, [VG-/VG+] (75)
£150-200
354 Felix the Cat. A folded menu/place card given to Pat Sullivan (Creator of ‘Felix the Cat’), dated September 29th 1925, on the rear of the menu Sullivan has drawn in pencil an image of Felix chasing a mouse with the inscription, ‘To S. Gilbert, from his friend, Pat Sullivan’, two punch holes to left margin of rear of menu (not affecting drawing), approx. 17 x 10.5cm
356 Magic. The Magic Comic no. 2, 29th July 1939, archival tape repair to fore-edge of inside front & rear cover, [VG]
Pat Sullivan was invited to a luncheon at the Savoy Hotel hosted by Ideal Films Ltd. (1) £250-350
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£250-350
359 Mickey Mouse Weekly. vol. 1, nos. 12, 13 & 16-47, 1936, together 35 orig. issues, a few covers torn with slight loss, some fraying to edges, [GD to FN] (35)
£150-200
357 Mickey Mouse. The Mickey Mouse Annual no. 1, pub. Dean & Son, 1930, col. frontis detached with some fraying, three col. plts., puzzle page completed in pencil, occ. spotting, orig. col. pict. boards, some loss to spine ends, rubbed to extrems., 4to A good copy of the first Mickey Mouse Annual, difficult to find with its original spine intact. (1) £250-350
358 Mickey Mouse. The Mickey Mouse Annual, pub. Dean & Son, 1935, col. frontis., pencil annotations to rear pastedown, orig. col. pict. boards, some wear to extrems., 4to, together with Mickey Mouse Annual, 1938, col. frontis., crayon colouring to a few leaves, orig. col. pict. boards, spine repaired with glue, some wear to extrems., 4to
360 Radio Fun. Radio Fun Comic no. 1, 15th October 1938, some foxing to margins, staples rusted, [VG], together with ten further Radio Fun Comics, nos. 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 21, 25, 30 & 32, 1938-39, nos. 25 & 30 with slight loss to upper margin of front cover and first leaf [G+/VG+]
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£100-150
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£200-300
361 Scoops. The Story Paper of To-morrow, a near-complete run, nos. 1-20 [all published], only missing no. 17, pub. C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1934, a couple of issues with some loss to covers, incl. no. 1 (covers detached), staples rusted, some soiling, [G/VG] (19)
VIRGINIA WOOLF & THE BLOOMSBURY GROUP A selection from the stock of the late Paul Evans
£80-120
364 Green (Henry). Back, 1st ed., pub. Hogarth Press, 1946, some spotting to endpapers, orig. dark blue cloth in price-clipped d.j., some browning to spine, 8vo, plus Nothing, 1st ed., 1950, orig. red cloth in d.j., some rubbing, 8vo, plus Doting, 1st ed., 1952, orig. green cloth gilt in d.j., some rubbing to extrems., 8vo (3)
£100-150
365 Isherwood (Christopher). Lions and Shadows, An Education in the Twenties, 1st ed., 1938, b&w frontis., some browning to endpapers, orig. cloth, in d.j., some fading to spine, 8vo (1)
£100-150
366 Read (Herbert). Mutations of the Phoenix, 1st ed., Hogarth Press, 1923, orig. marbled boards, printed paper label to spine worn with slight loss, extrems. slightly rubbed, slim 4to Woolmer 38. One of 200 copies. (1)
£100-150
367 Sackville-West (Vita). Twelve Days. An account of a journey across the Bakhtiari Mountains in South-Western Persia, 1st ed., Hogarth Press, 1928, b & w plts., orig. cloth in chipped & frayed d.j., spine of d.j. toned and marked, 8vo (1)
£200-300
368 Sackville-West (Vita). All Passion Spent, 1st ed., Hogarth Press, 1931, orig. cloth in d.j., a little chipped to extrems. with some loss to head of spine and rear wrapper, 8vo 362 Tiger. The Tiger Comic no. 1, 6th September 1954, staples rusted, [VG], with original free gift (Space Gun and Flying Saucers), never opened, slight spotting to packaging, [VG] (1)
(1)
£100-150
369 Sackville-West (Victoria). The Edwardians, 1st ed., Hogarth Press, 1930, minor spotting to prelims., orig. orange cloth in worn d.j., darkened to spines, with loss, together with The Garden, 1st ed., 1946, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth, lightly faded to spine, limited signed ed. 112/750, plus Orchard and Vineyard, 1st ed., 1921, untrimmed, orig. cloth backed boards with paper label to upper cover, in d.j., a little chipped to extrems., and dulled to spine and rear wrapper, and other Vita Sackville-West first editions, including Solitude, A Poem, Hogarth Press, 1938, in d.j., In Your Garden, 1st ed., 1951, with author’s signed postcard loosely inserted, Family History, 1st ed., Hogarth Press, 1932, signed by the author to title, etc.
£100-150
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£300-500
370 Sackville-West (Vita). Orchard and Vineyard, 1st ed., 1921, occ. minor spotting, free endpapers browned, Long Barn headed notepaper slip inscribed ‘From the author’ pasted to upper pastedown, edges rough-trimmed, orig. boards with cloth spine strip, printed paper label to upper board, 8vo (1)
363 Topper. The Topper Comic no. 1, 7th February 1953, some wear to spine and fraying to edges, horizontal fold to centre of comic, [GD] (1)
£70-100
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£150-200
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371 [Sackville-West, Victoria Josefa, Baroness Sackville, 18621936]. Peacemaking 1919, by Harold Nicolson, 1st ed., 1933, b & w plts. from photos, front free-endpaper inscribed ‘To Mr Arthur Room from the Dowager Lady Sackville Xmas 1933 - (Written with my eyes shut) the best of wishes to you & your family’, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, together with a 3pp. Autograph Letter Signed on Buckingham Palace notepaper from Victoria Forester addressed to Lady Sackville, 13 Dec. 1933, ‘The Queen commands me to convey to you, Her Majesty’s sincere thanks for the further copy of Vaita’s poems, which has just arrived from Bumpus. The Queen however feels that as Her Majesty already has a beautifulcopy in the library, she cannot find any justification for accepting another volume..., I have not seen Vita for many years, but we used to meet at Miss Wolff’s, in days gone by’, contained in orig. envelope, plus three other volumes signed by Lady Sackville, including The Land by Vita Sackville-west, new impression June 1932, Family History, by V. Sackville-West, 1st ed., 1932 and The Poetical Works of Lord Byron, Oxford edition, 1907, plus one other related Victoria Josefa Dolores Catalina Sackville-West, Baroness Sackville (18621936) was the wife of her cousin Lionel Edward Sackville-West, 3rd Baron Sackville and the mother of writer and gardener Vita Sackville-West. She was the illegitimate daughter of Lionel Sackville-West, 2nd Baron Sackville and the Spanish dancer Josefa de la Oliva (née Durán y Ortega, known as Pepita). At the age of 19, Victoria went to Washington to serve as her father’s hostess at the British-Legation. She proved to be very popular and was allegedly proposed to by President Chester Arthur. (6) £300-400
Lot 371
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372 [Trefusis, Violet, 1894-1972]. Sappho, Memoir, Text, Selected Renderings, and a Literal Translation by Henry Thornton Wharton, 4th ed., reprinted 1907, port. frontis., front free-endpaper with pencil inscription ‘Dedication to be Erased. In lieu of a Xmas present/In lieu of love-/for novel-weaving Violet/from sapphisticated Sylvia’, bookplate of John Nova Phillips to upper pasedown, orig. gilt dec. cloth, extrems. slightly rubbed, 8vo Violet Trefusis (1894-1972), writer, was the elder daughter of Alice Frederica Keppel, née Edmonstone (1868-1947), mistress of Edward VII. Violet was educated by a French governess and at Helen Wolff’s school for girls in London, where she met Vita Sackville-West who was also a pupil. They were later to have a well documented affair which commenced in 1918. (1) £200-300
373 Woolf (Virginia). The Essays of Virginia Woolf, ed. Andrew McNeillie, 5 vols., pub. Hogarth Press, 1986-2009, orig. cloth gilt in d.j.s, 8vo VG (5)
£150-200
374 Woolf (Virginia). The Letters of Virginia Woolf, ed. Nigel Nicolson, 6 vols., Hogarth Press, 1975-80, b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt in d.j.s., 8vo, together with The Diary of Viginia Woolf, 5 vols., 1983-84, orig. cloth gilt in d.j.s, 8vo VG (11)
£300-400
375 Woolf (Virginia). The Common Reader, 1st ed., Hogarth Press, 1925, contemp. inscription to front pastedown, orig. red cloth gilt in d.j., fraying to spine ends, rubbed, 8vo, together with The Second Common Reader, 2nd printing, 1932, orig. cloth gilt in d.j., slight loss to base of spine, rubbed to extrems., 8vo (2)
Lot 376
£100-150
376 Virginia Woolf binding. Benedict Henry Revoil, Monaco et Monte-Carlo, 1st ed., Paris, 1878, wood eng. frontis., first page of text with ten page references in pencil in the hand of Quentin Bell, tape repairs to a few gutter margins, occ. spotting and marks, some minor marginal fraying to prelims., resewn with purple thread to strengthen the textblock, contemp. qtr. plain morocco over boards with handwritten title label to spine, rubbed and spine faded, 8vo Handbound by Virginia Woolf for Quentin Bell. Bell was recovering from TB in a Swiss sanitorium in 1934/35, and at the same time writing a book on the history of Monaco, which he completed but never published (see references to 'Quentin's Book' in The Letters of Virginia Woolf, Volume 5). Virginia Woolf re-bound the present volume (which most probably originated from her father Leslie Stephen's library) and sent it to him to help with his research. (1) £1000-1500
377 Virginia Woolf binding. Gustave Saige, Monaco, ses Origines et son Histoire d'apres les documents originaux, Imprimerie de Monaco, 1897, port. frontis., illusts. to text, crude tape repair to gutter margin at pages 16-17, orig. pencil decoration to front pastedown in the manner of Vanessa Bell (almost certainly by Quentin Bell), contemp. qtr. olive green morocco over boards, with handwritten paper label to spine, rubbed and spine faded, 8vo Handbound by Virginia Woolf for Quentin Bell (see note to lot 376). The front pastedown decorated in pencil in Bloomsbury style by Quentin Bell, dated by him to half-title January 1st 1935 in blue ink, and additionally signed and dated in pencil to recto of frontispiece 'Quentin Bell, 1.I.35.'. With a few pencil markings to text, almost certainly by Quentin Bell. An extremely rare example of Virginia Woolf's somewhat workmanlike attempts at bookbinding. (1) £1500-2000
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378 Woolf (Virginia). Orlando, A Biography, 1st ed., Hogarth Press, 1928, b&w frontis. and plates, orig. cloth, lightly faded to spine, in d.j., a little soiled and frayed to edges, with a little loss to head of spine and small portion to lower outer corner of rear wrapper, together with Flush, A Biography, 1st ed., Hogarth Press, 1933, b&w frontis. and plates, orig. cloth in d.j., sl. rubbed and some minor marks, with minor loss to head of spine (repaired), plus Roger Fry, A Biography, 2nd imp., Hogarth Press, 1940, b&w frontis. and plates, orig. cloth in frayed d.j., with some loss to edges, and three others (Mr. Bennett and Mrs Brown, 1st ed., 1924, A Letter to a Young Poet, 1st ed., 1932, & The Death of The Moth, 2nd imp., 1942) (6)
£150-200
379 Woolf (Virginia). The Death of the Moth and Other Essays, 1st ed., Hogarth Press, 1942, orig. cloth in d.j., rubbed and minor fraying to extrems., lightly toned to edges, together with The Moment and Other Essays, 1st ed., Hogarth Press, 1947, orig. cloth in d.j., rubbed and somewhat faded to spine and outer edges, plus Granite and Rainbow, 1st ed., Hogarth Press, 1958, orig. cloth in d.j., a few minor marks, all 8vo (3)
£200-300
380 Woolf (Virginia). The Voyage Out, 1st US ed., New York, Harcourt, Brace & Company, [1926], orig. blue cloth, with paper label to spine, in rubbed and somewhat soiled d.j., one or two minor stains and head of spine chipped with minor loss, 8vo Kirkpatrick & Clarke A1d. 1000 copies printed. (1)
£150-200
381 Woolf (Virginia). The Waves, 1st ed., Hogarth Press, 1931, orig. purple cloth in d.j. (designed by Vanessa Bell), a little rubbed and frayed, with one or two short closed tears to head of spine and upper wrapper, spine lightly darkened, 8vo Kirkpatrick & Clarke A16a. (1)
Lot 381 £200-300
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382 Woolf (Virginia). Between The Acts, 1st ed., Hogarth Press, 1941, orig. blue cloth gilt, in d.j. (designed by Vanessa Bell), a little rubbed and chipped with some loss to head of spine, 8vo, together with Three Guineas, 1st ed., Hogarth Press, 1938, b&w plts., orig. green cloth in d.j., rubbed and some light soiling, spine lightly faded, a little chipped with minor loss to extrems., plus A Haunted House and Other Short Stories, 1st ed., Hogarth Press, 1943, orig. cloth, a few minor marks to extrems., in d.j. (designed by Vanessa Bell), rubbed and spine a little darkened, chipped with minor loss to extreme head and foot of spine and outer corners, and other works by Virgina Woolf, all pub Hogarth Press, nearly all with d.j.s, or upper wrapper designed by Vanessa Bell, including The Captain’s Death Bed and Other Essays, 1st ed., 1950, The Moment and Other Essays, 1st ed., 1947, Virginia Woolf & Lytton Strachey, Letters, 1st ed., 1956, A Writer’s Diary, 1st ed., 1953, etc. (10)
£200-300
383 Woolf (Virginia). Jacob’s Room, 1st ed., Hogarth Press, 1922, partly untrimmed, some spotting to fore-edges, orig. yellow cloth, with printed paper label to spine, rubbed and some minor marks, covers dampmarked to outer edges, together with The Years, 1st ed., Hogarth Press, 1937, orig. green cloth, heavily rubbed and a little frayed to head and foot of spine, plus To The Lighthouse, 1st US ed., New York, Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1927, orig. green cloth, lettered in blue, rubbed with partial loss of lettering, and two others (Jacob’s Room, New York, 1923, in d.j., & The Voyage Out, pub. Duckworth, 1927), all 8vo Kirkpatrick & Clarke A6b. (5)
£150-200
Lot 382
384 Woolf (Virginia). Mrs. Dalloway, 1st ed., 1925, contemp. inscription to front free-endpaper, slight split to upper hinge, contemp. cloth gilt, extrems. rubbed and spine slightly creased & faded (spine linings restrengthened), with facsimile d.j., 8vo
Lot 383
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£200-300
Lot 385
385 Woolf (Virginia & Leonard). Two Stories, 1st ed., Hogarth Press, Richmond, 1917 31pp., four woodcuts by Dora Carrington, title with ‘Publication No.1’ printed at head and with the signature the poet Camilla Doyle dated July 1917 plus an ink inscription on title “illustrated by Dora Carrington”, without first & last blank, some toning, modern boards with part of original yellow paper wrapper bearing title preserved on upper cover, slim 8vo
386 Woolf (Virginia, and Others ). The Hogarth Essays, 1st US ed., pub. Doran & Company, 1928, orig. cloth backed boards, rubbed and some soiling, spine label partly missing, together with Atalanta’s Garland, being the Book of the Edinburgh University Women’s Union, 1926, colour and b&w plts., orig. cloth backed pattern boards with paper label to upper wrapper, later paper label pasted to spine, a little rubbed, plus other Hogarth Press publications including A Letter to a Young Poet by Virginia Woolf, 1932, Anonymity, An Enquiry, by E. M. Forster, 1925, The Years, by Virigina Woolf, 1st ed., 1937, Stravinsky’s Sacrifice to Apollo, by Eric Walter White, 1930, etc.
Woolmer 1 and Kirkpatrick A2a. Limited edition of 150 copies printed. The first Hogarth Press publication. The volume contains Three Jews by Leonard Woolf and The Mark on the Wall by Virginia Woolf. (1) £1500-2000
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£100-150
MODERN FIRST EDITIONS 389 Auden (W.H.). Another Time, 1st U.S. ed., pub. Random House, New York, 1940, original cloth gilt, price-clipped d.j., tiny nick at head of spine, 8vo Precedes the U.K. Faber edition by four months. (1)
£100-150
390 Auden (Wystan Hugh, 1907-73, and others). The Mermaid Club, Oxford, Trinity Term Dinner at the Elizabeth Restaurant, Tuesday 12th June, 1956, 4 pp. menu printed in green throughout, with printed card wrappers, with nine autograph signatures of members of the Mermaid Club to verso of front wrapper, including Wystan Auden, Stephen Spender, Anthony Chandor, G??, Bernard Winder, James Peter Thorpe, etc., some very minor foxing to wrappers, 8vo The Mermaid Club was a poetry club run by Oxford undergraduates. Its name derives from the verse by Keats ‘Souls of poets dead and gone/What Elysium have ye known/Happy field or mossy cavern/Choicer than the Mermaid Tavern?’. (1) £100-150
391 Ballard (J.G.). The Four-Dimensional Nightmare, pub. Victor Gollancz, 1963, neat owner’s stamp to front endpaper, orig. cloth in d.j., a little rubbed and very light soiling, sl. rubbed to extreme head and foot of spine, with sl. loss, 8vo (1)
£150-200
387 Amis (Kingsley). Bright November, 1st ed., pub. Fortune Press, [1947], partly untrimmed, orig. black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, in d.j., somewhat browned to spine and edges, chipped with a little loss to head and foot of spine and outer corners, slight loss to top margin of upper wrapper, 8vo Author’s presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper ‘Best wishes from Kingsley Amis, November 1947’. The author’s first book. (1) £300-500
388 Asimov (Isaac). I, Robot, 1st ed., New York, 1950, minor finger soiling and marks to first few leaves, orig. cloth, a few light marks and sl. fading to spine, 8vo (1)
392 Barnes (Julian). Metroland, 1st ed., 1980, original cloth, d.j., 8vo Signed by the author. A good copy. (1)
£70-100
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£150-200
394 Blunden (Edmund). The Harbingers. Poems, 1st ed., 1916, occasional spotting, orig. printed wrappers, faded, spine lacking and sl. loss to edges of covers, ms. ownership name of F. IrwinCarruthers at head of upper cover, sm. 8vo Blunden’s rare third book, inscribed by him to the blank following the title: ‘From the author, E. Blunden’. (1) £300-400
393 Betjeman (John). A Garland for the Laureate, Poems presented to Sir John Betjeman on his 75th birthday, The Celandine Press, 1981, title within engraved border of wild flowers by Miriam Macgregor, top edges pink, remainder untrimmed, orig. qtr. cloth gilt, Whittington marbled paper covered boards, with orig. 3pp. prospectus loosely inserted, contained in orig. black cloth slipcase, with oval printed label, 4to Limited edition, 65/75 copies signed by the contributors (of a total edition of 350). Signed by: Dannie Abse, Alan Brownjohn, Patric Dickinson, Elizabeth Jennings, Norman Nicholson, Sacheverell Sitwell, Anthony Thwaite, Kingsley Amis, Leonard Clark, Roy Fuller, Philip Larkin, Alan Ross, Stephen Spender, Ted Walker, Laurence Whistler, Patricia Beer, Charles Causley, Ted Hughes, Edward Lowbury, A.L. Rowse, R.S. Thomas and John Wain. (1) £400-600
395 Blunden (Edmund). Poems, Translated from the French, (July, 1913-January, 1914), 1st ed., printed by Price & Co., Horsham, 1914, 12pp., lower blank margin with minor staining throughout, orig. printed wrappers, browned, contemp. ms. name to upper cover, 12mo in 6’s Extremely scarce, only 100 copies printed. (1)
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£300-400
399 Bryan (Michael). Intent to Kill, 1st ed., 1956, a few minor spots to text block edges, orig. cloth in sl. rubbed d.j., 8vo (1)
£70-100
400 Burgess (Anthony). Devil of a State, 1st ed., 1961, original cloth, d.j., 8vo, together with Greene (Graham), Our Man in Havana, 1st ed., 1958, original cloth, d.j., slight toning and tiny chips, 8vo, plus A Sense of Reality, 1st ed., 1963, original cloth, d.j., a few minor nicks or tears, 8vo, with five others including Iris Murdoch’s A Severed Head, 1961, An Unofficial Rose, 1962 and Peter Carey’s The Fat Man in History, 1980 (8)
£100-150
401 Burroughs (William). Naked Lunch, 1st ed., New York, Grove Press Inc., 7th printing, 1959, signed on title by author, orig. cloth in d.j., slight loss to upper margin, fold of upper flap a little torn, 8vo (1)
396 Blyth (James, 1925-1942, poet). Poems, foreword by Eva Dobell, appreciation by William Curran Reedy, 1st ed., Favil Press, 1944, port. frontis., three postcards tipped in at rear, bookplate of Reedy to front free endpaper, orig. stiff wrappers, bound up with three autograph and two typed letters signed from Blythe to Mr Reedy confirming literary matters and one addressed from on board the ship Warwick Castle, n.d., ‘Three weeks ago I joined the boat - and descended into the Glory Hole. Since then we’ve sailed from Port; but, of course, I can’t say where we are. I’m afraid I’m not the least bit nautical; it takes me all my time to distinguish port from starboard, and when I’m asked to go somewhere with an unlandly name, I blush and ask where it actually is - still the same “ignorant land-lubber” who had the impertinence to review “Spindrift and Spunyarn” for the P.R. [Poetry Review], plus pasted in reviews of the book, an obituary by Eva Dobell, published in Poetry Review, a newspaper obituary of Blythe’s Patron Lord Alfred Douglas tipped onto rear pastedown, contemp. morocco, somewhat faded and split on spine, together with a group of approx. sixteen related letters loosely inserted at pocket at front, writer’s including Eva Dobell and B. Laserian, and mostly related to the poetical and critical work of James Blythe and his short life and the ensuing publication of his poems here bound in, 8vo
£100-150
402 Carey (Peter). The Fat Man in History, 1980; Bliss, 1981; Theft. A Love Story, 2006, 1st UK eds., original cloth, d.j.s, 8vo, first and third titles signed by the author, together with His Illegal Self, 2008, original green morocco-backed boards, slipcase, 8vo, limited edition, V/XL signed by the author (4)
£100-150
403 Carr (J.L.). How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the F.A. Cup, 1975; The Battle of Pollocks Crossing, 1985, 1st eds., original cloth, d.j.s, second title spine a little faded with light spots to flaps, 8vo (2)
£100-150
James Blythe was tragically killed in a road accident just a few months after joining the Merchant Navy. He was only 17 and showed great promise as a writer having recently published “In Luminas Oras” in the March-April 1942 number of ‘Poetry Review’. He left his complete manuscript of verses to his friend and advisor Eva Dobell who was instrumental in getting his work published. The Warwick Castle was sunk in the Mediterranean in November 1942, after Blythe’s fatal street accident. He was, however, on leave from his ship at the time. (1) £200-300
397 Boyd (William). A Good Man in Africa, uncorrected proof copy, pub. Hamish Hamilton, 1981, previous owner stamp, original wrapper, light spots, 8vo, together with an early state proof of the same work, printed on rectos only (lacking spine & upper wrapper detached) (2)
£100-150
398 Brooke (Rupert, and Others). New Numbers, Vol. 1, Nos. 14 [all pub.], Ryton, Dymock, Gloucester, February-December 1914, orig. printed wrappers, some very light soiling and spotting and minor marks to edges (generally in good condition), 8vo A complete set of the short-lived magazine, edited by Wilfred Wilson Gibson, and containing poems by Rupert Brooke, John Drinkwater, Lascelles Abercrombie and Wilfred Wilson Gibson. Fifteen of Brooke’s poems were here published for the first time, many of which subsequently appeared in his volume of poetry entitled 1914 and Other Poems, including his most famous lines “If I should die, think only this of me:/That there’s some corner of a foreign field/That is forever England”.. (4) £100-150
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404 Christie (Agatha). The Seven Dials Mystery, 1st ed., 2nd impression, 1930, light toning, original blue cloth, slight lean, original 3’6 d.j., some chips and tears, 8vo (1)
£200-300
405 Coetzee (J.M.). Waiting for the Barbarians, 1st ed., 1980, orig. cloth in d.j., spine faded (as often) and a little bumped at head of spine, 8vo (1)
£100-150
408 Crowley (Aleister, 1875-1947). Rosa Mundi/Rosa Coeli/Rosa Inferni, [all] a poem by H. D. Carr [pseud. of Crowley], with an original composition by Auguste Rodin, 3 vols., printed at The Chiswick Press, 1905 and last 2 vols. 1907, colour lithographic frontispiece to each, second and third volumes with presentation inscriptions from Crowley in brown pencil in a large hand, the first reads ‘Mysterious Conduct of a Vicar’s Daughter. Full & Only Explanation’, third volume signed and inscribed to Gerald Kelly ‘on the eve of my departure for a hotter place than Hell’, second vol. slightly dampstained at fore-margin touching frontis. and title leaves, all a little dust soiled and several leaves detached, orig. printed wrappers, chipped and soiled with four wrappers det., slim 4to. Each one of 500 copies. Crowley married Rose Edith Kelly (1874-1932) in 1903. She was the sister of his friend the artist Gerald Kelly (1879-1972), both the children of a curate. They were divorced in 1909. (3) £300-500
409 Cushing (Peter). The Boys of Bois Saga, 1st ed., pub. Oyster Press, 1994, colour illusts., orig. blue cloth gilt in d.j., 8vo, VG Limited edition of 500 copies, this copy numbered 126. Author’s presentation copy, inscribed to part-title ‘With kindest wishes and many thanks to Pirie and Cavender - may God’s blessing be with you always. In all sincerity. P. Cushing, vii.94’. A collection of humorous short stories by the famous actor Peter Cushing with a dedication by him to the local bookshop Pirie and Cavender in his home town of Whitstable. (1) £100-150
410 Dahl (Roald). Tales of the Unexpected, 1st ed., 1979, author’s signed presentation inscription to front free endpaper verso, ‘To Brian with love Roald Dahl, 1980’, orig. cloth in price-clipped d.j., a little rubbed and soiled, 8vo
406 Coetzee (J.M.). In the Hear of the Country, 1st ed., pub. Secker & Warburg, 1977, a few minor spots to foredges, original cloth, d.j., front flap clipped affecting price, edges a little rubbed and creased, 8vo, together with Youth, 2002, signed by the author (2)
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411 De Bernieres (Louis). Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, 1st ed, 1st issue, 1994, text block with light marginal toning (as often), original white boards, d.j., 8vo
407 Conrad (Joseph). Victory, An Island Tale, 1st ed., 1915, occ. spotting, orig. red cloth gilt, spine faded and near-detached, rubbed, 8vo (1)
£70-100
£150-200
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£100-150
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£100-150
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412 Dexter (Colin). Service of all the Dead, 1st ed., 1979, original cloth (slight edge wear), d.j., short closed tear and light stain at foot of spine, 8vo (1)
£150-200
413 Dexter (Colin). The Dead of Jericho, 1st ed., 1981, original cloth, d.j., slight marginal yellowing to rear panel, 8vo (1)
£100-150
414 Dexter (Colin). The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn, 1st ed., 1977, original cloth, slight lean, d.j., 8vo, together with two ex-libris copies of Last Bus to Woodstock, 1975 (1st U.K. & U.S. eds, one lacking front endpaper) (3)
£200-300
415 Doherty (P.C.). The Death of a King, 1st ed., pub. Robert Hale, 1985, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, together with The Fate of Princes, 1st ed., 1990, contemp. ownership inscription to front endpaper, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo The first title is an author’s presentation copy of his scarce first book, inscribed to front endpaper ‘To Margaret, thank you. I hope you enjoy this. Paul Doherty x. May 1985’. (2) £300-500
Lot 415
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416* Du Maurier (Daphne, 1907-1989). Rule Britannia, a novel, 1st ed., 1972, occ. spotting, signed by author to title and with additional presentation inscription, ‘To my admirer [Charles Howeson] in Hong Kong with love, Daphne, 1973’, ownership signature of Charles Howeson to front free endpaper, orig. cloth (upper board creased) in d.j., a little rubbed and soiled, 8vo, together with two photographically illustrated personalised Christmas cards from Du Maurier that Kilmarth, both signed Daphne, plus two typed letters signed to God Pick and Sheila [Arthur and Sheila Howeson, parents of Charles], the first dated 9th March 1981, regretting that she can’t write a book about the railway folk and that he should have a go himself, the latter dated 9th October thanking Sheila for the delicious lunch and the good company, ‘and then to the Almighty Pic for the wonder of the Railway and the world about it. One of these days I must devise a short story with something frightful happening at the junction, possibly all the little groups of people turning alive, and demo-ing against their Creator’, and referring to a railway programme she had seen on television, ‘The wife really did look a bit mad, so perhaps it is a good thing you keep yourself apart at Chapel Point - and watch out for Pic getting himself into uniform and waving a green flag’, ending ‘Tomorrow the poles, and I fear Doom lies ahead’, both signed Daphne, 1 and 2 pp., 8vo, plus a photographic postcard of Kilmarth, with a long message from Daphne to Sheila, ‘I am so glad you became involved in Rule Britannia. It was fun to write and I became everyone in turn! Heaven knows how I shall end as I had a letter from the Cornish Nationalist Party asking me to go to a meeting!’, plus a small photograph of Daphne Du Maurier with adhesion damage to verso Arthur Howeson ran the Mevagissey Model Railway as a hobby/business when he retired, hence the references to trains. (7)
95
£300-500
Lot 417
420 Fleming (Ian). The Spy Who Loved Me, 1st ed., 1962, orig. cloth in d.j., sl. rubbed at head and foot of spine, a few light spots to covers, 8vo
417 Durrell (Lawrence). An Irish Faustus. A Modern Morality in Nine Scenes, pub. Delos Press, 1987, colour frontispiece, original buckram, glassine wrapper, 8vo, limited edition, 63/75 signed by the author, together with Cities, Plains and People, 1st ed., 1946, original yellow cloth, d.j., spine slightly faded, 8vo, plus Prospero’s Cell. A Guide to the Landscape and Manners of the Island of Corcyra, 1st ed., 1946, b & w illustrations, a few minor spots, original cloth, price-clipped d.j., some fading and chips, 8vo, with others by Durrell including Sappho, 1950, Mountolive, 1958, Collected Poems, 1960, La Descente du Styx, 1964 (one of 250 signed copies) and The Red Limbo Lingo, 1971 (12/100, signed by the author) (approx 140)
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421 Fleming (Ian). On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, 1st ed., Cape, 1963, colour portrait frontis., minor spotting to endpapers, t.e.g., orig. qtr. vellum gilt over black boards in orig. glassine d.j., 8vo. Signed limited edition 143/250 Included with the card is an original printed invitation card from the directors of Eon Productions Limited and the directors of Jonathan Cape Limited to the publishers launch party for the book at Pinewood Studios on 1st April 1963, and to coincide with the first day of shooting of ‘From Russia, with Love’. (2) £3000-4000
£300-400
418 Eliot (T.S.). Murder in the Cathedral, Acting Edition for the Festival of the Friends of Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury: H.J. Goulden, 1935, pp.[ii]+38, scattered light foxing, orig. printed wrappers, toned and sl. dusty, slim 8vo Scarce. (1)
£100-150
422 Fleming (Ian). The Man With the Golden Gun, 1st ed., 1965, original cloth, d.j., 8vo, together with On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, 3rd impression, 1963 (2)
£80-120
£100-150
423 Fleming (Ian). You Only Live Twice, 1964; The Man With the Golden Gun, 1965, 1st eds., original cloth, d.j.s, one or two tiny closed tears, 8vo
419 Farrell (J.G.). Troubles [Empire Trilogy, Book 1], 1st ed., pub. Jonathan Cape, 1970, orig. boards in d.j., very sl. rubbed to extrems., 8vo
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The winner of the 1971 Faber Memorial Prize, and the Lost Booker Prize in 2010. (1) £300-500
96
£150-200
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424 Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, 1st ed., 1st impression, 1953, bookplate to front endpaper, original cloth, some bumping to edges, d.j., closed tear at base of upper joint, tiny nicks at spine ends, rear panel lightly toned, 8vo (1) ÂŁ10000-15000
98
425 Fleming (Ian). Thunderball, 1st ed., 1961, original cloth, lower board a little bumped, d.j., small nick at foot of spine, light edge wear, 8vo (1)
£100-150
426 Fleming (Ian). Thunderball, 1st ed., 1961, minor spots to endpapers, original cloth, d.j., closed tear at spine head, 8vo (1)
£100-150
427 Fleming (Ian). Goldfinger, 1st ed., 1959, one or two small closed tears, original cloth, one or two light marks, d.j., repairs to verso, some chips and stains, 8vo (1)
£100-150
428 Fleming (Ian). On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, 1st ed., 1963, a few light spots, original cloth, d.j., 8vo, together with Thunderball, 1st ed., 1961, lacking front endpaper, manuscript date to rear pastedown, sellotape marks to pastedowns, original cloth, d.j., sellotape marks to flaps, 8vo, plus The Man With the Golden Gun, 1st ed., 1965, presentation inscription to front endpaper, original cloth, d.j., slight edge wear, 8vo (3)
£150-200
429 Fleming (Ian). Thunderball, 1961; On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, 1963; You Only Live Twice, 1964, 1st eds., a few spots, original cloth, slightly rubbed at spine ends, d.j.s, some chips and stains to first two titles, 8vo (3)
£150-200
Lot 432
430 Fleming (Ian). Diamonds Are Forever, 1st ed., 1956, a few light spots, original cloth, later price-clipped d.j., edges rubbed, 8vo, together with Dr No, 1st ed., 1958, a few spots, previous owner signature, original cloth, later d.j., a little rubbed, 8vo, with four others including OHMSS and The Man With the Golden Gun, later impressions, and From Russia With Love, 1957, lacking d.j., 8vo (6)
£150-200
431 Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, 3rd impression, 1954, marginal waterstain and light spots, original cloth, lower corners bumped, a few light stains to lower cover, slight lean, facsimile d.j., 8vo, together with Live and Let Die, 2nd impression, 1954, small previous owner signature, original cloth, facsimile d.j., 8vo, plus Moonraker, 1st ed., 1955, previous owner signature, original cloth, one or two small bumps, small split at head of upper joint, slight lean, facsimile d.j., 8vo, with three other first editions in facsimile or photocopied d.j.s: Diamonds Are Forever, 1956, Thunderball, 1961 and On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, 1963 (6)
£300-500
432 Fleming (Ian). From Russia With Love, 1st ed., 1957, one or two spots, previous owner inscription, original cloth, d.j., spine chipped and darkened, insect damage along folds and edges, 8vo (1)
£150-200
433 Fleming (Ian). Goldfinger, 1st ed., 1959, original cloth, d.j., spine chipped and darkened, insect damage along folds, 8vo (1)
£100-150
434 Fleming (Ian). On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, 1963; You Only Live Twice, 1964; The Man With the Golden Gun, 1965, 1st eds., previous owner inscriptions, original cloth, d.j.s, first two titles spines a little toned with closed tears, light edge wear, 8vo (3)
Lot 433
£150-200
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439 Francis (Dick). Odds Against, 1965; Flying Finish, 1966; Forfeit, 1968; Enquiry, 1969; Rat Race, 1970, 1st eds., original cloth, d.j.s, one or two minor tears or chips, 8vo, Odds Against with loose compliment slip signed by the author (6)
£150-200
440 Francis (Dick). Blood Sport, 1967; Forfeit, 1968; Enquiry, 1969; Rat Race, 1970; Bonecrack, 1971; Smokescreen, 1972; SlayRide, 1973; Knock Down, 1974; In the Frame, 1976; Risk, 1977, 1st eds., previous owner signature to Risk, original cloth, d.j.s, In the Frame price-clipped, light edge wear, 8vo (10)
£150-200
441 Francis (Dick). Nerve, 1st ed., 1964, occ. spotting to front and rear of vol., orig. cloth gilt in d.j., some spotting, 8vo (1)
£70-100
442 Grafton (Sue). ‘A’ is for Alibi, 1986 to S is for Silence, 2005, a complete set of the ‘Alphabet’ Novels [to date], all 1st U.K. eds., ‘A’ to ‘J’ text blocks marginally toned (as usual), ‘F’ front endpaper replaced, original cloth, d.j.s, 8vo All signed to titles by the author. (19)
£400-600
435 Fleming (Ian). Dr No, 1st ed., 1958, one or two spots, original cloth with silhouette of a dancing girl to upper cover, d.j., spine chipped at ends, insect damage along folds, rear panel a little toned, 8vo (1)
£100-150
436 Fleming (Ian). Thunderball, 1st ed., Jonathan Cape, 1961, small sticker on front pastedown, original boards in d.j., d.j. with spine faintly sunned and a trifle rubbed at ends, 8vo (1)
£150-200
437 Fleming (Ian). The Spy Who Loved Me, 1st ed., 1962, previous owner inscription, original cloth, price-clipped d.j., slightly rubbed at head of spine, one or two light spots, 8vo (1)
£100-150
443 Grahame (Kenneth). The Wind in the Willows, 1st ed. pub. Methuen, 1908, frontispiece by Graham Robertson, rough-trimmed edges, pp.16-17 with brown patch from Underground ticket, one or two leaves with corner creases, scattered light spotting, marginal waterstain at end, small area of front pastedown torn away, t.e.g., original cloth gilt, small splits to upper joint, edges rubbed, bumped at foot of spine, modern clamshell box, 8vo
438 Forster (E.M.). Pharos and Pharillon, 1st ed. pub. Hogarth Press, 1923, scattered spotting, original cloth-backed boards, edges rubbed, some stains, 8vo Author’s presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper: “A.B. from E.M.F.”, additionally signed “A. Borchgrevink, 1923”. The recipient, Aida Borchgrevink (nee Ada Starr) was an American socialite friend of Forster and Virginia Woolf. (1) £200-300
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100
£400-600
444 Grahame (Kenneth). The Wind in the Willows, 2nd ed., 1908, frontispiece by Graham Robertson, rough-trimmed edges, some light spotting and stains, presentation inscription, t.e.g, original cloth gilt, some dampstaining, 8vo (1)
£100-150
Lot 445
445 Graves (Robert). I, Claudius, 1st ed., pub. Barker, 1934, folding table at end, original black cloth, d.j., spine repaired, rear panel and margins toned, 8vo (1)
£300-400
446 Haggard (H. Rider). The Ancient Allan, 1st ed., pub. Cassell, 1920, half title with list of author’s works to verso, b&w illusts., orig. light brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, and lettered in blind to upper cover, with small mounted onlay to upper cover depicting an Egyptian frieze (The Little White Seal of the King of the East), in pictorial d.j., very sl. rubbed to extrems., with very slight chip to extreme lower outer corner of upper wrapper, 8vo Whatmore F48. A fine copy of this late Haggard novel. (1)
£200-300
447 Hamilton (Patrick). Twopence Coloured, 1928; Hangover Square, 1941; Mr Stimpson and Mr Gorse, 1953, 1st eds., occasional light spotting and toning, original cloth, slightly rubbed and faded, d.j.s, first two titles with tears and losses, some fading or darkening, 8vo, plus The Siege of Pleasure, 1932 (lacking d.j.) Provenance: Raymond Raikes (1910-1998, BBC radio producer), bookplate and inscriptions. (4) £300-400
Lot 446
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448 Harris (Joanne). Chocolat, 1999; Blackberry Wine, 2000; Five Quarters of the Orange, 2001; Coastliners, 2002, 1st eds., original cloth, d.j.s., 8vo, with four other first editions by Joanne Harris, 8vo All except Gentleman and Players signed on title by the author. (8)
£100-150
449 Heaney (Seamus). Death of a Naturalist, 1st ed., 1966, original cloth, price-clipped d.j., one or two minor tears, spine faded, 8vo (1)
£150-200
450 Hemingway (Ernest). Men Without Women, 1st UK ed., Cape, 1928, orig. cloth, some marks, spine faded, in browned d.j., extrems. rubbed, chipped and frayed at spine and fold ends, front flap with ms. list of books, 8vo, together with a first edition of Fiesta by Ernest Hemingway, 1927, orig. cloth, poor condition (2)
£300-500
451 Hemingway (Ernest). For Whom the Bell Tolls, 1st ed., 1st issue, pub. Scribner’s, New York, 1940, light toning, bookplate, original cloth, d.j., spine end with minor tears, edges a little rubbed, 8vo (1)
£200-300
452 Hughes (Ted). Crow Wakes, pub. Poet & Printer, 1971, original boards, 8vo, limited edition, one of 200, together with Comics, pub. Prospero Poets, 1997, illustrations by Annie Newham, original yellow boards, 8vo, limited edition, 90/149 signed by poet and artist (2)
£100-150
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453 Hughes (Ted, 1930-1998). Seneca’s Oedipus, Adapted by Ted Hughes, 1st ed., 1969, lengthy signed presentation inscription by Ted Hughes in poem form to front f.e.p. for Irene, ‘Among all the many creative things, The play does not exist where Irene can stretch the tall span of her wings / Knowing how this play cramped them, as it showed me their spread, Makes me think it hardly worth an hour of the head’, ending with the inscription ‘You were marvellous and you are, from Ted with love, Dec 69’, black ink in a clear hand, orig. cloth gilt, spine sl. sunned and boards sl. bowed, orig. d.j., a little rubbed and soiled, 8vo
457 Kent (Alexander). To Glory We Steer, 1968; Form Line of Battle, 1969; Enemy in Sight!, 1970; The Flag Captain, 1971 (2nd impression); Sloop of War, 1972; Command a King’s Ship, 1973; Signal-Close Action!, 1974; Richard Bolitho-Midshipman, 1975; Passage to Mutiny, 1976; In Gallant Company, 1977; The Inshore Squadron, 1978, 1st eds., one or two previous owner inscriptions, library stamp to Form Line of Battle!, original cloth, slightly rubbed lower edges, d.j.s, three price-clipped, Passage to Mutiny repaired, some closed tears and minor chips, 8vo, with 12 other Alexander Kent first editions
Irene Worth played Jocasta opposite John Gielgud’s Oedipus in the National Theatre production of the play directed by Peter Brooke. (1) £400-600
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458 Lawrence (Aida & Gelder, G. Stuart). Young Lorenzo: Early Life of D. H. Lawrence containing hitherto unpublished letters, articles and reproductions of pictures, 1st ed., Florence, [1931], b&w plts., uncut, orig. parchment boards (a little spotted) in torn and soiled d.j., 8vo
454 Hunter (Evan, i.e. “Ed McBain”). Like Love, 1964; He Who Hesitates. An 87th Precinct Novel, 1965; Doll, 1966; Jigsaw, 1970, 1st U.K. eds., He Who Hesitates lacking endpapers and with sellotape marks to pastedowns, one or two spots, original cloth, d.j.s, a little rubbed, together with others by McBain, a few signed (24)
Limited ed., 177/740. (1)
£100-150
£100-150
459 Lee (Harper). To Kill a Mockingbird, 1st U.K. ed., 1960, original burgundy cloth, spine lettered in silver, d.j., minor chips at spine ends, edges rubbed with light waterstain to flaps, 8vo
455 Ishiguro (Kazuo). The Remains of the Day, 1st ed., 1989, label removed from front endpaper, original cloth, d.j., 8vo Booker Prize winner for 1989. (1)
£200-300
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£150-200
£100-150
460* Lewis (Clive Staples, 1898-1963 ). The Allegory of Love, a study in medieval tradition, reprint with corrections, 1938, ownership signature of Michael J. Harris, Oxford, 1943, to front free endpaper, orig. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed and dampmarked, 8vo, together with an autograph note signed ‘C. S. Lewis’ to M. J. Harris of St. John’s College, Oxford, on a Magdalen College, Oxford, headed notecard, dated 8th October, ‘Can you look me up at 12.30 to-morrow or, if that won’t do, at 5.30 pm?’, a few minor spots, old sellotape stains to initialled (but unstamped) address side from where previously tipped onto and over Harris’s signature on front free endpaper with resultant marks, 9 x 11.5cm (2)
461 Lewis (C.S.). The Silver Chair, 1st ed., 1953, illustrations by Pauline Baynes, slight toning to front endpaper, original cloth, spine faded, 8vo
456 Ishiguro (Kazuo). A Pale View of Hills, 1st ed., 1982, original cloth, d.j., spine slightly faded, 8vo Signed by the author to title. (1)
£100-150
(1) £200-300
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£150-200
462 Lewis (C.S.). Rehabilitations and Upper Essays, 1st ed., Oxford University Press, 1939, light foxing to endpapers, with early neat ownership inscription to front pastedown, dated Oxford 1943, in d.j., rubbed and frayed to extreme edges, with head of upper wrapper somewhat creased and short tear to head of upper joint and upper outer corner, 8vo (1)
£150-200
463 Lewis (C.S.). The Last Battle, 1st ed., Bodley Head, 1956, numerous illusts. by Pauline Baynes, orig. cloth, spine ends sl. faded, in d.j., sl. rubbed at edges and minor chipping to some fold ends, spine and rear panel a little stained and spotted, 8vo (1)
£200-300
464 Lodge (David). The British Museum is Falling Down, 1st ed., pub. MacGibbon & Kee, 1965, orig. cloth gilt in d.j., rubbed and some marks to edges, spine partly faded, 8vo (1)
£100-150
465 Lovesey (Peter). Wobble to Death, 1970; The Detective Wore Silk Drawers, 1971; Mad Hatter’s Holiday, 1973; Invitation to a Dynamite Party, 1974; A Case of Spirits, 1975, 1st eds., text blocks toned (as often), original cloth, d.j.s, Wobble to Death with light edge wear, 8vo, with other first editions by Lovesey, 8vo All signed to titles by the author. (25)
£150-200
Lot 467
466 Mallinson (Allan). A Close Run Thing, 1999; The Nizam’s Daughters, 2000; A Regimental Affair, 2001; A Call to Arms, 2002; The Sabre’s Edge, 2003; Rumours of War, 2004; An Act of Courage, 2005; Company of Spears, 2006; Man of War, 2007; Warrior, 2008, 1st eds., original cloth, d.j.s, 8vo Each except Warrior signed by the author to titles. (10)
£200-300
467 McCartney (Paul, Dunbar, Geoff, & Ardagh, Philip). High in the Clouds, 1st ed., pub. Faber & Faber, 2005, colour illusts. throughout, orig. pict. boards in matching d.j., small 4to, VG Signed by Paul McCartney in marker pen to half-title. (1)
£200-300
468 Murdoch (Iris). ‘A Christmas Carol’, manuscript poem (published in ‘Something Special, Four Poems and a Story’, Eurographica, 1990), 1pp., 44 lines, with corrections, signed by the author, together with two typescript versions of the poem, one with manuscript ammendments (3)
Lot 468
£200-300
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469 Murdoch (Iris). Typescript and proofs for ‘Joanna Joanna’, Colophon Press, 1994, and other items, Joanna Joanna original typescript, 1969, a bound set of page proofs returned to the author for correction (uncorrected) with lay-out differences, three unbound sets of page proofs, one of ten clip-bound Advance Reading copies, a set of unbound uncut sheets, a signed manuscript poem ‘John Sees a Stork at Zamata’, a signed autograph letter to a Mr Lind referring to the same poem (written about her husband, John Bayley), The One Alone, one of 200 copies signed by Murdoch, plus some copy letters, labels etc (approx 30)
£400-600
470 Nabokov (Vladimir). Lolita, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1st issue, pub. Olympia Press, Paris, 1955, orig. printed green wrappers with ‘Francs:900’ to rear wrappers, some corner creasing, rubbed and some chipping to spine ends and joints with loss of one inch piece at foot of spine to vol. 1, 8vo, together with Speak, Memory, an autobiography released, New York, 1966, some b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., minor rubbing, 8vo (3)
£200-300
471 Nabokov (Vladimir). Lolita, 1st ed., 1st issue, pub. Olympia Press, Paris, 1955, original green printed wrappers with Francs: 900 to rear panels, slight vertical crease to vol. 1 upper cover, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo (2)
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105
£700-1000
473 [O’Casey, Sean]. The Story of the Irish Citizen Army by P. O Cathasaigh, 1st ed., Dublin and London, Maunsel & Co., 1919, viii + 72 pp., orig. printed wrappers, rubbed and one or two minor marks, slim 8vo The author’s first paid publication, written while O’Casey was General Secretary of the Irish Citizen Army in 1914, which had been established in Dublin for the defence of workers demonstrations from police brutality. (1) £70-100
474 Orwell (George). Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1st ed., 1949, one or two light spots, original cloth, some fading, repaired red d.j., spine faded with losses, some stains, 8vo (1)
£150-200
475 Pears (Iain). The Raphael Affair, 1st ed., pub. Gollancz, 1990, presentation inscription, original cloth, d.j., 8vo (1)
476 Peters (Ellis). A complete set of the ‘Brother Cadfael’ novels, 20 vols., 1977-94, from ‘A Morbid Taste for Bones’, 1977 to ‘Brother Cadfael’s Penance’, 1994, some occasional spotting and toning, all except The Devil’s Notice and The Summer of the Danes signed by the author, mostly on adhesive monogramed booklabels as ‘Edith Pargeter, Ellis Peters’, original cloth, d.j.s, one or two spines a little faded, 8vo, generally a good set, plus Hortensius, Friend of Nero, 1st ed., 1937 (as Edith Pargeter) and Agatha Christie’s The Hollow, 1946
472 Newby (P.H.). Something to Answer For, 1st ed., 1968, original cloth, d.j., 8vo, together with Fitzgerald (Penelope), Offshore, 1st ed., 1979, previous owner signature, original cloth, d.j., 8vo, plus Middleton (Stanley), Holiday, 1st ed., 2nd impression, 1974, light spots to foredges, original cloth, d.j., 8vo, inscribed by the author, with other Booker Prize winners or shortlisted books including Alan Hollinghurst’s The Line of Beauty, 2004 and Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss, 2006, and others by Muriel Spark, Pat Barker, A.S. Byatt, Martin Amis, J.M. Coetzee etc, some signed, some duplicates (approx 130)
£70-100
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£400-600
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106
£800-1200
Lot 479
477 Pinter (Harold). The Caretaker: A Play in Three Acts, 1st ed., pub. Encore, 1960, pale Foyle inkstamp to foot of title, orig. printed wrappers, stapled as issued, very slightly rubbed to spine and some light toning to edges, slim 8vo, together with an original programme for The Caretaker at The Duchess Theatre, 1960, starring Alan Bates, Peter Woodthorpe and Donald Pleasence, directed by Donald McWhinnie, 8 pp., stapled as issued, dated by hand to front wrapper, 23.9.1960, slim 8vo (2)
481 Pratchett (Terry). Equal Rites, 1987; The Truth, 2000, 1st eds., original cloth (Equal Rites with small light stain), d.j.s, Equal Rites price-clipped, The Truth signed by the author, 8vo (2)
(1)
£100-150
£100-150
483 Pullman (Philip). The Ruby in the Smoke, 1st ed., pub. OUP, 1985, original cloth, d.j., 8vo A good copy of the first ‘Sally Lockhart’ title. (1)
Provenance: Harold Monro (1879-1932), British poet and proprietor of The Poetry Bookshop, pencil signature and date 14/12/16; Hugh Walpole (18841941), English novelist, Brackenburn bookplate. (1) £100-150
£200-300
484 Ransome (Arthur). The Chinese Puzzle, 1st ed., 1927, small publishers label to front pastedown, orig. cloth in d.j.,spine darkened with small tear to base, rubbed to extrems., 8vo Scarce in dust jacket. (1)
479 Pratchett (Terry). Equal Rites, 1987; Sourcery, 1988; Pyramids, 1989; Guards! Guards!, 1989, 1st eds., original cloth, slightly rubbed, d.j.s, one or two minor tears and stains, 8vo
£70-100
485 Read (Herbert). The Green Child. A Romance, 1st ed., 1935, light spots to endpapers, original cloth, d.j., spine a little darkened, minor edge wear, 8vo
£200-300
Herbert Read’s only novel. (1)
480 Pratchett (Terry). The Carpet People, 1st ed., Gerrards Cross, 1971, b & w illustrations by the author, original cloth, d.j. (with’duraseal’ protector as issued), small 4to, with two others: Witches Abroad, 1991 and Jingo, 1997, all inscribed ‘To Patty’ from the author (3)
£100-150
482 Pratchett (Terry). Strata, 1st ed., pub. Colin Smythe, Gerrards Cross, 1981, original cloth in d.j., 8vo, G/VG
478 Pound (Ezra). Lustra, 1st ed., 1916, photogravure portrait frontispiece, scattered light spotting, original buckram, some darkening, 8vo
All signed or inscribed by the author. (4)
Lot 480
£300-400
107
£100-150
486* Redgrove (Peter). A file of letters and some poems, mainly to Peter Redgrove or from him, mostly 1950s/1960s, including an original pen and ink drawing by Heathcote Williams of Peter Redgrove, plus correspondence from Donald Hall, Alec Craig, Roy Hart, Howard Sargent, Geoffrey Grigson, George McBeth, Patricia Beer, Francis Berry, some draft poems and pamphlets, etc., various sizes, contained in a card file folder (a folder)
£200-300
487 Rendell (Ruth). No More Dying Then, 1971; The Face of Trespass, 1974; Shake Hands for Ever, 1975; A Sleeping Life, 1978; Means of Evil, 1979; Put on by Cunning, 1981, 1st eds., one or two spots, original cloth, d.j.s, A Sleeping Life price-clipped, Shake Hands For Ever repaired to verso, first three titles edges rubbed, 8vo, with other first editions by Ruth Rendell and her nom-deplume Barbara Vine, all signed by the author (45)
£200-300
488 Rolfe (Frederick ‘Baron Corvo’). In His Own Image, 1st ed., 1901, pubs. list at end, presentation inscription, a feew light spots, original cloth, spine a little rubbed and faded, 8vo (1)
Lot 486
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£100-150
492 Sitwell (Edith, 1887-1964). Autograph letter unsigned in the third person, Florence, 11th October 1957, ‘Dame [underlined in red four times] Edith Sitwell DBE presents her compliments to the Secretary of the Poetry Review. Dame Edith thanks the Secretary for his kindness in sending her the Review, but would be obliged if she could be given her proper title. The Review is constantly addressed to her as “Miss Sitwell” - which has not been her name since 1948. Before Her Majesty created Dame Edith a Dame, her name was Dr. Sitwell - (she has four honorary doctorates)’, 2 pp., 8vo, with orig. posted envelope addressed in Dame Edith’s hand, together with a carbon copy of the typed apology letter reply from Helen Gradden and a followed up autograph letter signed ‘Edith Sitwell’ dated 20th October 1957, thanking Miss Gradden for her ‘charming letter’ and accepting her apologies, 2 pp., 8vo, orig. franked envelope, together with other letters addressed to Mr. or Miss Gradden or Thomas Moult including typed letter signed with long autograph postcript by Sita Sackville-West, typed letter signed from Herbert Read, autograph letter signed from Cecil Day Lewis, two typed letters signed from J. B. Priestley, one from Marie Stokes and a few others, mostly one page, 4to/8vo (12)
£100-150
493 Snicket (Lemony). A Series of Unfortunate Events, Books 110, 1st U.K. eds., pub. Egmont, 2001-2004, illustrations by Brett Helquist, original pictorial boards, 8vo, together with three first editions by William Nicholson: The Wind Singer, 2000; Slaves of the Mastery, 2001; Firesong, 2002, each signed by the author (13)
£100-150
494 Spark (Muriel). Harper and Wilton, Colophon Press, 1996, original wrapper, 8vo, limited edition, one of 100 unumbered signed copies, together with A Hundred and Eleven Years Without a Chauffeur, Colophon Press, 2001, original wrapper, 8vo, limited edition, 38/125 signed by the author, plus A Question of Timing, by Fay Weldon, Colophon, 1992, original wrapper, 8vo, limited edition, 62/100 signed by the author, with others including William Trevor’s Low Sunday, 1950 (one of 200 signed by the author), Bruce Chatwin’s The Attractions of France, 1993 (7/10 specially bound advance reading copies) and Muriel Sparks’ The French Window and the Small Telephone, 1993 (unbound sheets, signed) (11)
£150-200
489 Rowling (J.K.). Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 1st ed., 1st issue, 1999, original boards, d.j., 8vo, with a loose publisher’s sticker, mounted on card signed by the author A mint copy. (1)
£600-800
490 Rushdie (Salman). Grimus, 1st ed., Gollancz, 1975, orig. boards in d.j., spine faded and lower return faintly faded, short tear in lower outer corner of front panel, 8vo The author’s first book. (1)
£100-150
491 Sackville-West (Vita). The Garden, pub. Joseph, 1946, woodengraved illustrations, t.e.g., original buckram gilt, 8vo, limited edition, 118/750 signed by the author, together with Ulysses, by James Joyce, pub. Shakespeare & Co., Paris, 1930, last leaf repaired, some browning, presentation inscription, contemporary calf, rubbed, 8vo, with a quantity of James Joyce Quarterly (from Vol. 1, no. 1, 1963 onwards) (approx 100)
495 Swift (Graham). The Sweet Shop Owner, 1980; Waterland, 1983, 1st eds., original cloth, d.j., 8vo
£100-150
Each signed by the author to titles. (2)
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£200-300
496 Swift (Graham). Learning to Swim and Other Stories, 1st ed., pub. London Magazine Editions, 1982, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, VG Signed by the author to title page, and dated 25/3/86. (1)
£150-200
497 Thomas (R.S.). The Way of It, Ceolfrith Press, 1977, colour and b & w illustrations by Barry Hirst, original wrapper, 8vo Limited edition, 1/75 signed by the author and illustrator. (1)
£100-150
498 Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, 1st ed., 1st issue, 1937, b & w illustrations by the author, single advert. leaf at end, one or two spots, neat presentation inscription to front blank, map endpapers, original green cloth with wraparound illustration of Smaug and the mountains, top edge stained green, 8vo A good copy. (1)
£2000-3000
499 Tolkien (J.R.R.). Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 1954; The Two Towers, 1954; The Return of the King, 1955, all 1st eds., folding map at end of each, first two vols. with small crossed-through Times Library stamps to rear pastedowns, a few minor spots, pencil ownership signatures, original red cloth, two spines slightly rubbed at head and foot, d.j.s, first two vols with tears along folds, small loss to Two Towers upper panel, lightly rubbed with minor stains, 8vo (3)
£3000-5000
500 Tolkien (J.R.R.). The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, 11th imp., 1959, col. frontis., orig. green cloth, in d.j., sl. rubbed to extreme edges (generally without loss), 8vo (1)
Lot 498
£100-150
501 Trevor (William). Marrying Damian, 1995; Death of a Professor, 1997, Low Sunday, 1950, 2000, Colophon Press, original wrappers, 8vo, limited editions, Marrying Damian, 131/175, Death of a Professor, 190/200, Low Sunday, 1950, 189/200, all signed by the author, with unsigned duplicates of each (6)
£100-150
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502 Wallace (Carlton). The Devil Breathes But Once, 1st ed., pub. John Long, 1937, some light scattered spotting to first and last few leaves, and to fore-edges, orig. cloth in d.j. (designed by Bip Pares), rubbed and creased to top and bottom margins, with fraying and minor loss to extreme corners, 8vo (1)
506 Wilcox (John). The Horns of the Buffalo, 2004; The Road to Kandahar, 2005; The Diamod Frontier, 2006; Last Stand at Majuba Hill, 2007; The Guns of El Kebir, 2007, 1st eds., original cloth, d.j.s, 8vo The Road to Kandahar and The Diamond Frontier signed by the author. (5) £150-200
£70-100
507 Wilde (Oscar). The Trial of Oscar Wilde from the Shorthand Reports, privately printed, Paris, 1906, title printed in red and black with decorative border, offsetting from pastedowns to endpapers and final page of printed text, lacks ads. at rear, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, contemp. qtr. morocco, sl. rubbed and soiled, 8vo
503 Warhol (Andy). The Philosophy of Andy Warhol, 1st U.K. ed., 1975, front endpaper excised, original cloth, d.j., closed tear at fold, 8vo Presentation copy, inscribed to half title: “To Tony”, with a drawing of a Campbell’s soup tin beneath, also signed “Andy” to front panel of d.j. (1) £400-600
(1)
£100-150
504 Wells (H.G.). The First Men in the Moon, 1st ed., 1st issue, 1901, twelve b&w plts., brief birth and dates of Wells in blue ballpoint pen to title verso, minor spotting at front and rear, orig. blue cloth gilt, sl. rubbed and marked, 8vo
508 Wilde (Oscar). Salome, Drame en un acte, illust. Alastair, Paris, 1922, nine colour plates, t.e.g., contemp. three-quarter morocco gilt over marbled boards, wrappers and spine preserved, a little rubbing, 8vo
(1)
(1)
£100-150
505* Whistler (Reginald John ‘Rex’, 1905-44). An original but unsigned pen and ink and monochrome watercolour, c. 1930, showing two ladies walking over a stone bridge, a tree and mountains in the background, a young boy fishing in the river beneath the bridge acknowledging the ladies as they pass, the name Edith Olivier written by Whistler into the design beneath the bridges arch, the whole drawn onto the front free endpaper verso of ‘The Hamwood Papers of the Ladies of Llangollen and Caroline Hamilton, edited by Mrs G. H. Bell (John Travers), 1st ed., 1930, b&w plates, additional unsigned Edith Olivier monogram by Whistler to title, executed in black ink with green watercolour for the leafy decoration, scattered pencil underscoring and a few notes at end of index, printed map endpapers (rear endpapers a little stained), rubbed, spine faded and slightly frayed, 8vo, together with a partly hand-coloured printed postcard for “Angelina’s Trousseau”, a play by Edith Olivier, Wilton Rectory, Salisbury, postally unused,
£70-100
509 Wodehouse (P.G.). Mulliner Omnibus, 1st ed., 1935, portrait frontispiece, original green pictorial cloth, d.j., some tears and losses, old sellotape marks, 8vo (1)
Rex Whistler, though some thirty-three years younger than Edith Olivier, struck up a lifelong and close friendship with her after they first met in 1925. They were to collaborate for Whistler’s mural at the Tate, ‘The Expedition in Pursuit of Rare Meats’. (1) £300-400
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£100-150
510 Wodehouse (P.G.). Ring for Jeeves, 1953; Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit, 1954; Jeeves in the Offing, 1960; Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, 1963; Aunts Aren’t Gentlemen, 1974, 1st eds., a few light spots, previous owner signature to Ring For Jeeves, original cloth, d.j.s, Aunts Aren’t Gentlemen price-clipped, small tears and chips, 8vo (5)
£150-200
511 Wodehouse (P.G.). Summer Moonshine, 4th Printing [1940], Money in the Bank, 1946; Spring Fever, 1948; Uncle Dynamite, 1948; Nothing Serious, 1950; The Old Reliable, 1951, 1st eds., two with previous owner inscriptions, some light browning or spotting, original cloth, some light fading, d.j.s, some tears and losses, 8vo, together with 18 other 1st eds., including Barmy in Wonderland, 1952, French Leave, 1955, Something Fishy, 1957, Cocktail Time, 1958 and A Few Quick Ones, 1959 (24)
£300-400
512 Wodehouse (P.G.). The Luck Stone, pub. Galahad Books, 1997, b & w illustrations, t.e.g., original full burgundy morocco, slipcase, 8vo One of a small number of presentation copies of a total edition of 250, this copy inscribed by the editor: “To David, For your excellent advice and work, Tony Ring”. (1) £150-200
Lot 510
513 Wodehouse (P.G.). Thank you, Jeeves, 1st ed., 1st issue, Herbert Jenkins, 1934, 1st issue, with price 7’6 on spine of d.j. (not 2’6), 8pp. pubs. ad. at rear, front free endpaper with pencilled ownership signature, top edges red, orig. cloth (sl. cocked) in torn and fragile d.j., with some loss to edges, and front panel just holding to spine, 8vo McIlvaine A51a. Scarce first issue of the first full-length Jeeves and Wooster novel. (1) £700-1000
514 Woolf (Virginia). The Years, 1st ed., pub. Hogarth Press, 1937, original cloth, slight lean, d.j. designed by Vanessa Bell, loss at spine head and upper panel corner, sellotape repairs to verso, 8vo, together with The Death of the Moth and Other Essays, 1st ed., 1942, orig. cloth, slight fading, d.j. torn with some loss at spine ends, sellotape repairs to verso, 8vo, plus first editions of The Moment, 1947 and The Captain’s Death Bed and Other Essays, 1950 (4)
Lot 513
£100-150
Lot 515
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515 [Yeats, William Butler]. John Sherman and Dohya, 1st ed., pub. Fisher Unwin, 1891, light spotting mainly at front and rear, t.e.g., original cloth, lightly soiled, 8vo, with a third edition of the same work in a chipped wrapper First book one of 356 copies bound in cloth and the tenth title in Unwin’s “Pseudonym Library” series. Wade 4. (2) £200-300
Lot 517 517 Yeats (W.B.). Collected Works, vols. II-VIII only, Shakespeare Head Press, pub. Chapman & Hall, 1908, portrait frontispieces to vols. III, V, VII, light toning or offsetting to endpapers, bookplates of Violet Leconfield (1892-1956, wife of Charles Henry, 3rd Baron Leconfield) t.e.g., original vellum-backed boards, a little discoloured, 8vo Volumes II-VI & VIII signed by the author under half titles and dated Nov. 16, 1916. One of 250 copies of a total edition of 1060. (7) £1500-2000
516 Yeats (W.B.). The Poems of W.B. Yeats, 2 vols., pub. Macmillan, 1949, portrait frontispiece to each, a few minor spots to foredges, t.e.g., original green cloth gilt, glassine wrappers, slipcase, 8vo Limited edition, 151/375 signed by the author. Wade 209 & 210. A good set. (2) £1200-1800
518 Yeats (W.B.). Poems, [Revised ed.], pub. Fisher Unwin, 1912, portrait frontispiece, scattered light spots, presentation inscription, pubs. warning slip at front, original blue cloth with elaborate gilt decoration in bright condition, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo (1)
£100-150
519 Yeats (W.B.). The Trembling of the Veil, pub. T. Werner Laurie, 1922, port. frontis., untrimmed, orig. vellum-backed boards in d.j., spine darkened, split and slight fraying to head of spine, 8vo Limited signed ed. 183/1000. (1)
£300-500
520 Yeats (W.B.). The Wind Among the Reeds, 1st ed., 1899, untrimmed, orig. dec. cloth, covers dulled, rubbed, 8vo, together Responsibilities and other Poems, 1st ed., 1916, orig. gilt dec. cloth, spine dulled, 8vo, plus Poems, 1919, b&w frontis., occ. spotting, orig. blindstamped cloth, gilt dec. spine, 8vo Lot 517
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£150-200
PAUL MCCARTNEY AND THE BRUCE MCMOUSE SHOW
'The Bruce McMouse Show' is a topic of much mythmaking and hearsay among Paul McCartney fans. Intended as a one-hour part-animated film for ITV with two commercial advert breaks the film was made but never shown. Paul McCartney owns the master copy of the film and the idea for the film seems to have been entirely his own. Paul's interest in animation can be traced back to at least the involvement he had with, and the enjoyment he got from, the making of 'Yellow Submarine' (1968). The idea of this film was to show concert footage from the Wings Over Europe tour of 1972 interspersed with animation action relating to cartoon character Bruce McMouse and family living under the floorboards of the stage. The first fifteen lots here are drawings and sketches which are largely attributable to Paul and it is possible to trace the development of the characters as Paul finds ways of expressing his ideas for a family of cartoon mice with individual characters. How the concept of the story changed from initial idea to finished film is unknown but this helps answer many of those questions and put to rest the rumour that the film was never made. The drawings are all undated but would seem to date from an intense short period in early 1973. Paul with his wife Linda and her daughter Heather, then aged ten, went to Antigua for a few days in April that year and it is here that Paul, with some family help it would seem, worked hard on developing the characters to take the project forward. Linda was not as artistic as Paul and there are some drawings that appear therefore to be in Linda's or Heather's hand; a few appear to be joint efforts. For comparisons with many known Paul McCartney drawings see the book 'Paul McCartney Composer/Artist' (Pavilion Books, 1981). The five characters are not named in the film but were voiced by Deryck Guyler [Bruce McMouse], Pat Coombes [his wife Yvonne], plus Derek Nimmo, Paul and Linda voicing the children, the musically hip teenage son Soily [to become the title of a Wings song in 1974], teenage daughter Swooney, and kid brother Swat. Eric Wylam was the director of animation and other members of the animation team included Eddie Radage, Richard Cox and George Jackson, with backgrounds by Alan Gray. The film was edited by Barry Chattington and produced by Paul McCartney's company MPL Communications Ltd. Whatever the reasons for shelving the project it did not kill Paul McCartney's interest and love for the medium of animation. He has worked on many successfully released projects since then, most notably perhaps being 'Rupert and the Frog Song' from 1984, now available as part of the DVD 'Paul McCartney – Music & Animation Collection'. Provenance: From the estate of the film's animation director Eric Wylam by family descent. Eric was given the drawings by Paul at a meeting held to discuss Paul's ideas for the part-animated film. Eric "Ric" Wylam's (1919-1997) artistic career began in the second world war when seconded to XXX Corps drawing maps and making large-scale models for various campaigns, including the bridge at Arnhem and Operation Market Garden (the D-Day Landings). After the war Ric joined the staff at Gaumont British Animation Ltd at Moor Hall in Berkshire, working as an animation artist and trainer alongside David Hand, director of Walt Disney’s 'Snow White' and 'Bambi'. Ric left Moor Hall for Kenya to work on the “Groundnut Scheme”, then starting a printing and advertising company in Nairobi. He returned to England in 1950 to work as a freelance illustrator, working on the magazine 'Butterfly' and for Longmans, Green & Co. illustrating 'The Progressive Atlas' and other geographical books. He joined World Wide Animation in 1953. As an animation director he made educational films for Unilever and Philips Research Laboratories as well as adverts for television and cinema. He made one short animation for ITN explaining how colour television worked. Other projects included animating the Bayeux Tapestry in a film called 'After the Arrow' (1971) made for the Post Office. A 'Golden Arrow' was awarded to him for his 1970s Milk Marketing Board advert “Watch out, Watch out, there’s a Humphrey about”. Ric always let it be known to family and friends that he was very proud of the animation made for 'The Bruce McMouse Show' and was disappointed it was never publicly released. He treasured these Paul McCartney drawings and animation artwork until his death in 1997.
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521* McCartney (Paul, b. 1942, attrib.). The cartoon character of Bruce McMouse smoking a pipe whilst seated in his armchair, c. 1973, original drawing in black ballpoint pen covering the whole page in landscape format, shelves added in red ballpoint pen upper left, sketches of three mice character heads in black ballpoint pen to verso (Wings letterhead paper printed in green), also attributed to Paul McCartney, one sheet of A4 off-white laid paper, 210 x 297mm (1)
ÂŁ1500-2000
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Lot 522 522* McCartney (Paul, b. 1942, attrib.). Four cartoon character studies for ‘The Bruce McMouse Show’, c. 1973, black ballpoint pen drawings of a man’s head with long nose, a mouse’s head with buck teeth, a full-length mouse with brown, purple and yellow felt-tip colouring, plus a mouse’s head with a long nose highlighted with green watercolour, drawn landscape format across the recto of a sheet of Wings letterhead paper, light orange watercolour marks upper left, verso blank, one sheet of A4 off-white laid paper, 210 x 297mm (1)
£1000-1500
523* McCartney (Paul, b. 1942, attrib.). Five cartoon character studies for ‘The Bruce McMouse Show’, c. 1973, figures of three mice with big ears and buck teeth, plus a pig with buck teeth and the head of a man with beret and long droopy nose, drawn in black ballpoint pen in landscape format to recto of Wings letterhead paper, verso blank (minor orange watercolour marks), one sheet of A4 off-white laid paper, 210 x 297mm (1)
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£1000-1500
Lot 524 524* McCartney (Paul, b. 1942, attrib.). Cartoon character sketches for ‘The Bruce McMouse Show’, c. 1973, drawn in blue ballpoint pen to recto of Wings letterhead paper, including five cartoon mouse head studies with big ears and buck teeth, plus a man’s head with tam o’shanter, plus unfinished head and arrows, plus a few unrelated notes probably not in Paul McCartney’s hand, ‘Martin’, ‘BA683, 11.30, 2.30’; and on the verso seven further cartoon mouse sketches believed to be in Paul McCartney’s hand, all in blue ballpoint pen, except one in pencil drawn across the other sketches and showing a mouse with a rattle and the word ‘RATTLE’ in Paul McCartney’s holograph, one of the ballpoint mice with a tennis racket, plus a man’s head with hat, also believed to be by Paul McCartney, one sheet of A4 off-white laid paper, single pin holes to corners, 297 x 210mm (1)
£700-1000
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525* McCartney (Paul, b. 1942, attrib.). Cartoon character studies for ‘The Bruce McMouse Show’, c. 1973, two pencil sketches of cartoon mice heads with big ears, buck teeth, one with hat and one with tie, drawn one above the other on an inverted sheet of Wings letterhead paper, small tea or coffee stain to upper margin showing through to verso which includes eight further pencil studies of mice heads and details, also believed to be in Paul McCartney’s hand, pin holes to corners, light fold marks, one sheet of A4 off-white laid paper, 297 x 210mm (1)
526* McCartney (Paul, b. 1942, attrib.). Cartoon character studies for ‘The Bruce McMouse Show’, c. 1973, six cartoon mice heads with large ears, buck teeth and varying hairstyles and eye expressions, drawn in pencil in landscape format to recto of Wings letterhead paper, the verso with seven further cartoon mice heads and details, plus a full-length mouse with raised arms and open mouth, also attributed to Paul McCartney, a few minor marks and light horizontal creases, corner pin holes, together with two further sheets of Wings headed paper, one with three large cartoon mice heads drawn in pencil and believed to be in the hand of Paul McCartney, one with eyes tinted blue, the recto of this sheet with two full-length mice sketches plus one small figure drawn in blue felt-tip pen (by Linda McCartney?), light horizontal creases and corner pin holes, the third sheet with two more full-length female cartoon mice figures drawn in black ballpoint pen and one with additional green, yellow and purple felt-tip, both possibly drawn by Linda, the recto with the beginnings of a black ballpoint pen sketch of a mouse’s head (by Linda?) and two mice heads in red ballpoint pen (by Paul?) to verso adjacent to the full-length female mouse walking a large ant on a lead, three sheets of A4 off-white laid paper, 297 x 210mm, plus a plastic folder with ballpoint pen and felt-tip doodles to front and back in unidentified hands, plus an A3 photocopy of two full-length cartoon mice not featured in the rest of this archive
£1000-1500
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527* McCartney (Paul, b. 1942, attrib.). An original drawing of the cartoon character Bruce McMouse, c. April 1973, drawn in black ballpoint pen with orange, light yellow and grey watercolour wash, showing Bruce standing and smoking a pipe with his hands tucked behind his back, drawn to the right of a human foot and leg end, drawn in black ballpoint pen, the trouser bottom in an orange wash, the whole attributed to Paul McCartney, placed in landscape format to the recto of Curtain Bluff Hotel Antigua letterhead, verso blank, single sheet of onionskin off-white paper, minor light creases to extremities, 153 x 242mm A characterful and fully developed drawing of the lead character, drawn in proportion to the human leg giving an insight as to how Bruce was to appear on stage when interacting with members of the band Wings. The leg has strong overtones of ‘Yellow Submarine’ (1968) from which Paul McCartney’s interest in pursuing animated projects had stemmed. (1) £1000-1500
528* McCartney (Paul, b. 1942, attrib.). Cartoon character studies of a walrus and a mouse’s head for ‘The Bruce McMouse Show’, c. April 1973, the walrus drawn in black ballpoint pen with a watercolour blue wash, drawn in landscape format to the recto of Curtain Bluff Hotel Antigua letterhead, a female cartoon mouse’s head with buck teeth drawn above right in black ballpoint pen, also attributed to Paul McCartney, the character name ‘Swoon[e]y’ written in pencil beneath (probably one of the animation team’s holograph), small green felt-tip mark to upper left corner and very light yellow brown tinge along lower outline of the walrus’s back, one sheet of off-white onionskin paper, 153 x 242mm An astonishing and cute study of a cartoon walrus. It was John Lennon who wrote the Beatles song ‘I am the Walrus’ in 1967 and much has been speculated about the meaning of it ever since. Lennon admitted that the idea partly germinated from Lewis Carroll’s ‘The Walrus and the Carpenter’, with Lennon later expressing dismay when he realised that the Walrus was the villain in the poem. To add humorous confusion Lennon then wrote in the 1968 Beatles song ‘Glass Onion’: “now here’s another clue for y’all - the walrus was Paul”. In 1970 in his solo song ‘God’ he wrote again ‘I was the walrus, but now I’m John’. (1) £2000-3000
529* McCartney (Paul, b. 1942, attrib.). Three cartoon character studies believed to be for ‘The Bruce McMouse Show’, c. April 1973, the first of a furry creature with whiskers and an open mouth showing irregular teeth, black ballpoint pen with grey and brown wash, drawn in landscape format to the recto of Curtain Bluff Hotel Antigua letterhead, the second and third drawings in black ballpoint pen drawn to hotel letterhead versos with yellow, purple, green and brown felt-tip colouring, one of a full-length mouse singing ‘LA LA’ and foot tapping ‘TAP TAP’, the other of a long mouse head, with a small cartoon mouse head figure (in Heather’s hand?) beneath, the three main figures on these sheets not as recognisably Paul McCartney’s hand and may be largely or completely drawn by Linda and her daughter Heather, all three sheets with the versos blank, off-white onionskin paper, 242 x 153mm or the reverse Paul, Linda and Heather McCartney had a brief holiday in Antigua, leaving the 12th April and returning the 15th April 1973. As these were all submitted to the animation director Eric Wylam as character studies for the film it seems likely that Paul, whose brainchild this project this, had at least some involvement in each drawing. (3) £1000-1500
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530* McCartney (Paul, b. 1942, attrib.). Character studies of a cartoon mouse’s head and a bee, c. April 1973, black ballpoint pen, the mouse with buck teeth and big ears, the word ‘Rocker’ written in red ballpoint pen (probably by one of the animation team) beneath the bee, drawn to verso of Curtain Bluff Hotel Antigua letterhead, verso blank, together with two further sheets of similar letterhead, one with five cartoon mice heads to verso and one with one cartoon mouse head to recto, all seemingly in a juvenile hand of probably Heather and/or Linda, three sheets of off-white onionskin paper, 242 x 153mm or the reverse
532* McCartney (Paul, b. 1942, attrib.). An original drawing of a full-length cartoon mouse drawn for ‘The Bruce McMouse Show’, c. April 1973, showing the character Soily [or Groovy] dancing on one leg with arms outstretched, green felt-tip pen, drawn to the verso of a pre-printed and unused Curtain Bluff Hotel Antigua yacci score sheet on off-white paper, 227 x 151mm Though the names of the characters are not finalised or identified in the film it is accepted that the names of the characters were Bruce with his wife Yvonne, plus their children Soily (a music-loving teenager), his sister Swooney and their baby brother Swat. For lower leg and foot comparisons with other Paul McCartney drawings see ‘Paul McCartney Composer/Artist’ (1981), p. 137. (1) £1000-1500
The character Rocker does not end up in the finished film but a spider does and clearly these drawings show the gradual genesis of the ideas for the project. (3) £1000-1500
533* McCartney (Paul, b. 1942, attrib.). Full-length drawing of a cartoon violinist mouse drawn as a character study for ‘The Bruce McMouse Show’, c. April 1973, green felt-tip pen, the mouse (Soily prototype) holding a violin under one arm and a music score in the other hand, drawn to the verso of a pre-printed and unused Curtain Bluff Hotel Antigua yacci score sheet on off-white paper, 227 x 151mm
531* McCartney (Paul, b. 1942, attrib.). A finished drawing for the lead cartoon character Bruce McMouse, c. April. 1973, drawn in green felt-tip pen, Bruce [by now with resplendent bushy moustache] with one arm pointing and waving and the other hanging loose holding his glasses, the word ‘Dad’ in red ballpoint pen lower left (presumably in the hand of one of the animation team), drawn to the verso of a pre-printed and unused Curtain Bluff Hotel Antigua yacci [card game] score sheet on off-white paper, 227 x 151mm (1)
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£1000-1500
534* McCartney (Paul, b. 1942, attrib.). Full-length character portrait of a cartoon mouse for ‘The Bruce McMouse Show’, c. April 1973, green felt-tip pen, showing a full-length mouse (Soily prototype) with clothes and lace-up shoes, holding a violin behind his back with a music stand and score beside him, drawn to the verso of a sheet of pre-printed and unused Curtain Bluff Hotel yacci score sheet on off-white paper, 227 x 151mm
£1500-2000
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535* McCartney (Paul, b. 1942, attrib.). Two sheets of character studies for ‘The Bruce McMouse Show’, c. April 1973, a total of seven cartoon mice heads in green felt-tip pen, one with the word ‘BABY’ written across chest and believed to be in Paul McCartney’s holograph, one with glasses and pupils added in red ballpoint pen with the name ‘Swot’ written adjacent and all presumably in the hand of one of the animation team making notes, drawn to versos of two sheets of pre-printed Curtain Bluff Hotel yacci score sheets on off-white paper, one score sheet unused, the second with the full scores of a game between Paul, Linda and Heather with their initials at head of each column, all in Linda’s holograph with a few doodles by her to margins, the finals scores Paul 192, Linda 206, Heather 172, sheet sizes 227 x 151mm (2)
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£1000-1500
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536* Bruce McMouse. A cartoon character model sheet for Bruce McMouse drawn by the animation team, c. 1973, showing two fully painted gouache character models of Bruce McMouse with big moustache and a hat, painted on to card with acetate overlay in a card window mount with pen and ink outline, together with a similar coloured character model sheet for Bruce’s wife Yvonne, showing her facing forward in profile and from behind with hair curlers and an apron, each approx. 20 x 28cm, together with accompanying original pencil character sheets for these two model sheets with colour breakdown identified in manuscript, each sheet approx. 26 x 32cm, minor marginal soiling and creasing (4)
£200-300
537* Bruce McMouse. A group of five finished cartoon character model sheets for ‘The Bruce McMouse Show’, c. 1973, drawn by the animation team, one showing the character of Bruce McMouse holding a newspaper from front and behind, one showing his wife Yvonne with their youngest child Swat, one showing three fulllength models of the dancing Soily and two of his sister Swooney with pink flared trousers and a purple top, one with additional detail of her behind with a smiley face trouser patch, all coloured gouache on thin card with acetate overlays with character outlines, all in thin card window mounts, two mounts damaged, all approx. 21 x 28cm (5)
£200-300
538* Bruce McMouse. A group of sixteen sheets with original pencil cartoon character drawings for ‘The Bruce McMouse Show’, c. 1973, all showing multiple drawings and details of the characters Bruce, Yvonne, Soily, Swooney and Swat, four sheets with drawings of other full-length cartoon mouse characters, some with colour breakdown markings in manuscript, a little creasing and marginal page yellowing, versos blank, each sheet approx. 26.5 x 31cm, together with an outline character drawing of Soily carrying a bowl of vegetables, plus seven sheets of various sizes with rough sketches and story outlines for pieces of the Bruce McMouse Show, all drawn in pencil by the animation team, one with some colour felttip added, plus five various background drawings and sketches for the animation, two worn folders and a magic marker colour chart (a folder)
£300-500
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THE BEATLES
539* The Beatles “Mad Day Out”. A group of twenty six b & w 35mm negatives on five strips, photographs taken at the Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill, Sunday 28 July 1968, the photographs taken by the photographer Frazer Pearce during the “Mad Day Out” with the Beatles day, one strip of six negatives showing the Beatles holding an ‘International Theatre Club’ sign board while standing outside the theatre and with Mal Evans’s son Gary appearing in front in all but one of these negatives, the remaining strips all interior shots, the second strip showing George, John, Paul and Ringo in various combinations in conversation with each other, Mal Evans, Tom Murray(?) and one other unidentified person also visible, the third strip including photographs of George and Ringo in conversation with Don McCullin; John and Yoko Ono seated; George and Ringo; plus George, Ringo and Paul, the two remaining strips partly overexposed due to the poor lighting and showing the Beatles photographed from further away and probably with a different camera, the action largely concerning the Beatles on stage posing for Don McCullin and the other photographers, with Mal and Gary Evans appearing in one negative with Francie Schwartz [McCartney’s then girlfriend], the final two images of one strip largely lost through overexposure, (plus two further strips of ten negatives of props relating to the International Theatre Club show ‘Theatre is dead - We must act!’ unconnected to the Beatles but believed to have been photographed on the same day) Known as ‘Mad Day Out’ with the Beatles the photographs taken here are all unpublished and previously unknown. At this point in time the Beatles were in the midst of fractious recording of the ‘White Album’ and at the height of their fame, riding high on the success of their latest album ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’. Taking time out from recording for a day’s photo shoot at various unusual London locations they took along photographers Don McCullin, Steven Goldblatt, Tom Murray, Tony Bramwell and Ronald Fitzgibbon. Also in the small entourage were Mal and Gary Evans, Yoko Ono, and Francie Schwartz, Paul McCartney’s then girlfriend. At each location they were spotted and hunted out by hordes of fans and autograph hunters meaning they had to move on to the next location quickly. It was at the end of this day that Don McCullin took the celebrated photographs of the Beatles looking over the railings that later adorned the red and blue gatefold covers for both ‘1962-1966’ and ‘1967-1970’ double albums. After this day it was increasingly rare for all the Beatles to be found together as relationships within the band began to disintegrate. Frazer Pearce, a photographer for the actors’ casting directory Spotlight, was then involved with the Notting Hill Mercury Theatre (the original home of the Ballet Rambert and featured in the Powell & Pressburger film ‘The Red Shoes’, 1948). It was at this time the home of the International Theatre Club run by director Jean Pierre Voos. Frazer was by chance working at the theatre when the Beatles turned up on this impromptu visit as part of the day’s photo shoot. As a thank you for the use of the venue, and before fleeing fans to the next location, the Beatles posed for Frazer outside with the Theatre Club sign. Interestingly, the previously known photographs of the same posed situation taken by the other photographers present are from an angle. For these striking photographs Frazer Pearce took centre stage as the primary photographer. Don McCullin recalls this location briefly in the preface to his recently published ‘A Day in the Life of the Beatles’ (2010): ‘We found ourselves in a strange community hall somewhere in the East End. Somebody produced a parrot. The light was terrible and I was struggling with reloading my cameras. There was an old upright piano and they started fooling around with it.’ A letter of transference of full copyright from the photographer will be made available to the buyer of the lot, along with a two-page note with Frazer’s memories of the day’s events. (7) £3000-5000
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540* The Beatles “Mad Day Out”. A group of six gelatin silver prints of the Beatles taken by the photographer Frazer Pearce at the Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill, Sunday 28 July 1968, printed later, one exterior photograph of the band holding an ‘International Theatre Club’ sign with Gary Evans (six year old son of road manager Mal Evans) stood in front, the remaining five photographs interior shots, three landscape format including John Lennon and Yoko Ono seated by a mirror with photographer Tom Murray(?) to left of picture and the reflection of an unidentified woman in the mirror above John and Yoko’s heads, the second a photograph of John Lennon’s face taken from behind Paul McCartney’s shoulder with George Harrison’s profile visible left, a head and shoulders profile shot of George Harrison in conversation with photographer Don McCullin (with back to camera and largely obscuring Ringo’s face), plus two portrait-format photographs of George, Ringo and Paul in conversation, all half- length, a few minor marks, each 30 x 40cm (12 x 16 ins), spray mounted onto rough cut mounting board These six photographs were printed some years after the event and from the original negatives to be sold in the preceding lot. A printed note written by Frazer Pearce remembering this special event and the circumstances of her involvement accompanies the lot. (6) £700-1000
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541* The Beatles. A signed Official Beatles Fan Club card, c. 1963, portrait of the band in collarless suits from a photo by Dezo Hoffmann, with ‘The Beatles’ captioned in printed capitals beneath, signed by each member of the group in blue ink except Ringo Starr in black ballpoint pen, horizontal crease across lower part of image, old sellotape stains to corners not affecting autographs, printed fan club address details to verso, 10 x 14cm (1)
£2000-3000
542* The Beatles. The autographs of John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, [Surrey, 9th May 1966], all signed in blue ballpoint pen to a small sheet of ruled perforated notepaper and beneath the autograph hunter’s written request, ‘Lets have your autograph’, slightly creased and soiled, date written to verso, 12.5 x 10cm The owner obtained these autographs personally while driving through Richmond, Surrey, on the A316. Sitting at some traffic lights he recognised the Beatles’ limousine pulled up beside him and quickly scrawled his autograph request on a scrap of paper and managed to pass it through the window. The lights turned green and both cars set off. At the next of red lights the autographed scrap of paper was returned through the window and the two cars drove on. On this day at 7pm the Beatles recorded the backing track for Paul McCartney’s song ‘For No-one’ which involved on Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. A typed note from the owner accompanies this lot describing the way in which he obtained the autographs. (1) £1000-1500
543* Rock and Pop Autographs. A group of twenty mostly small autograph album sheets, c. 1963-65, including autographs of The Byrds (Mike Clarke, Jim McGuinn, David Crosby, and Chris Hillman), Dave Clark Five, Swinging Blue Jeans, Rolf Harris (promo card), Cher, and Sonny (on opposite sides of one sheet of paper), Gerry and the Pacemakers (promo card), Cilla Black (creased promo card), plus one sheet of The Rolling Stones autographs in secretarial hands, many with owner’s date of occasion and a few with presentation inscription to Marilyn, some with autographs to verso and recto, autographs of The Searchers signed to verso of Marilyn Weston’s autograph request letter, mostly with sellotape stains to corners, sheets mostly approx. 9 x 11.5cm (20)
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£200-300
FILM POSTERS & RELATED ARTWORK
544* Breakfast at Tiffany’s, dir. Blake Edwards, 1961, starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard, Finnish poster in rolled condition, light fold roll marks and a few minor marginal tears and creases, 23 x 16 ins (58 x 40cm), fine (1)
£100-150
545* Carry On Up the Khyber, dir. Gerald Thomas, 1968, starring Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, et al, together with Carry On Constable, dir. Gerald Thomas, 1961, Spanish posters in folded condition, the first with horizontal marginal centrefold tears, the left tear slightly into image with a little loss, the second poster with some fold wear and multiple corner pinholes, both 43 x 29 ins, VG, plus a folded Spanish poster for Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), folded condition, light creasing, 41 x 27 ins, plus a small poster for The Return of the Pink Panther (1975), printed in black and white, single fold, 15.5 x 10.5 ins (39 x 27cm), fine (4)
£70-100
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546* The Dambusters, dir. Michael Anderson, 1954, starring Michael Redgrave and Richard Todd, US one-sheet poster in folded condition, 41 x 27 ins, fine+ (1)
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£100-150
547* Diamonds are Forever, dir. Guy Hamilton, 1971, starring Sean Connery and Jill St. John, UK quad poster in rolled condition, sl. creasing, 30 x 40 ins, fine (1)
549* The Empire Strikes Back, dir. Irvin Kershner, 1980, from original artwork by Drew Struzan, later printing with logo printed in black and white, UK quad poster in rolled condition, light central vertical crease, minor rubbing to extrems., 30 x 40 ins, near fine
£200-300
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£70-100
550* Evita, dir. Alan Parker, 1986, an outfit of waistcoat, shirt and neck scarf, as worn by the actor Antonio Banderas in the role of Che Guevara, Angel Costumier’s label attached (3)
548* 84 Charing Cross Road, dir. David Jones, 1986, starring Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins, original mixed media artwork with lettered acetate overlay as used in the UK quad poster, original transparency and tracing paper overlay with legend notes included, design approx. 15 x 20 ins (39 x 51cm), together with an original printed UK quad poster for the same film in fine rolled condition (2)
£100-150
551* For Your Eyes Only, dir. John Glen, 1981, starring Roger Moore and Carole Bouquet, UK quad in rolled condition, some creasing to lower margin, single corner pinholes, 30 x 40 ins, near fine
£100-150
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£100-150
553* Goldfinger, dir. Guy Hamilton, re-release, 1975, starring Sean Connery and Honor Blackman, James Bond Film Festival style B one-sheet poster, in folded condition, some foldwear and corner pinholes, relaid on brown paper, 41 x 27 ins, VG, together with Thunderball, dir. Terence Young, 1960s re-release, starring Sean Connery and Claudine Auger, UK one-sheet poster in folded condition, sellotape mark to full length of left margin touching printed border, ballpoint pen number lower right, 30 x 20 ins, plus Diamonds are Forever, dir. Guy Hamilton, 1971, starring Sean Connery and Gill St. John, German poster in folded condition, 33 x 23 ins, fine+, plus a Norwegian poster of The Spy Who Loved Me starring Roger Moore, folded condition, some fold wear, 41 x 27ins, VG, plus a Living Daylights promotional poster printed both sides, folded condition, somewhat creased, 24 x 60ins (5)
ÂŁ150-200
552* For Your Eyes Only, dir. John Glen, 1981, starring Roger Moore and Carol Bouquet, UK quad poster in rolled condition, fine+, 30 x 40 ins, fine+ (1)
ÂŁ100-150
554 Gone With the Wind. Junior League Gone With the Wind World Premier Ball, [1939], printed programme for the Ball held in Atlanta in 1939 and attended by Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh and many of the other cast members, b&w illusts. from photos, commercial ads., etc., orig. colour pictorial wrappers, somewhat rubbed and soiled with some creases and marginal nicks, covers det., large slim 8vo, together with a copy of House & Garden magazine for November 1939, issued in two parts, the first section including Gone With the Wind interiors in colour, colour and b&w illusts., orig. pictorial wrappers, tied at corner punch hole, covers creased and chipped, slim 4to (3)
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ÂŁ150-200
Lot 557 555* Hendrix (Jimi). Vintage poster from a design by Waldemar Swierzy, 1974, a large close-up of Hendrix’s head in blue and black with green and white highlights, two closed tears to lower margin (one with crude repair to verso and some see through in extreme lower margin), minor creasing, approx. 38 x 26 ins (96 x 66cm), together with other similar size posters including a poster of John Lennon at a white grand piano from a photograph by Peter Fordham, horizontal fold mark, a Duke Ellington 1899-1974 poster from a design by Swierzy, several long closed tear repairs to verso, an Alban Berg poster for Wozzek by Lenica, 1964, and three further Polish theatre posters, all rolled, similar sizes (7)
£150-200
556* Henry V, dir. Kenneth Brannagh, 1989, period-style dress as used by Emma Thompson in the role of Princess Katherine, label of Bermans & Nathan (1)
£70-100
557* Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, dir. Steven Spielberg, 1984, Australian one-sheet poster from original artwork by Mike Vaughan, rolled condition, with a few very small marginal splits, 41 x 27 ins, fine (1)
£100-150
558* Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, dir. Steven Spielberg, 1984, starring Harrison Ford and Kate Capshaw, original finished artwork [by Mike Vaughan, unsigned], pen and ink and watercolour on board with printed legend at foot and lettered acetate overlay, the whole tipped on to board, 33 x 22 ins (84 x 56cm) A very fine and unique piece of original artwork for the second film featuring the iconic adventurer. This artwork would seem to have only been used for the Australian one-sheet poster (see preceeding lot) and shows Indiana Jones with machete and whip against a large plain circular background within an action-packed surrounding border. (1) £2000-3000
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561* Live and Let Die/The Man With the Golden Gun, both dir. Guy Hamilton, 1973 & 1974, US one-sheet film posters, both folded, West Hemi examples, linen backed, 41 x 27 ins, both fine (2)
£150-200
559* The Karate Kid, Part II, dir. John G. Avildsen, 1986, starring Ralph Macchio, acrylic and gouache with pen and ink on pale yellow board, Chinese script as part of the design, lower diagonal half of board blank, unlettered acetate overlay, overall 28 x 30 ins (72 x 76cm) This concept artwork does not seem to have been used in the finished design for the UK quad or any other poster. (1) £100-150
560* Kruger Archive. An archive of b&w photo film stills and publicity shots, plus copies of correspondence, film notes, etc., from the Kruger Leisure Enterprises Ltd., c. 1980s, including press packs for I Want to be a Woman, 29th Street, publicity stills for Ground Zero and a group of photographs of Kathryn Grayson, mostly 10 x 8 ins, partly sorted in hanging files (a carton)
562* The Living Daylights, dir. John Glen, 1987, starring Timothy Dalton, together with Octopussy, dir. John Glen, 1983, starring Roger Moore, British four-sheet posters in folded condition, 60 x 40 ins, fine+ (2)
£70-100
£70-100
563* The Man Who Fell to Earth, dir. Nicolas Roeg, 1976, starring David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark, orig. UK quad poster in rolled condition, 30 x 40 ins, fine, together with a group of thirty-five rolled UK quads and ten one-sheet film posters, mostly 1980s, titles include Shawshank Redemption, The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Dogs of War, Heaven’s Gate, Dracula, Ghost Busters 2, She-Devil, So I Married an Axe Murderer, The French Lieutenant’s Woman, Wild Geese 2, Silence of the Lambs, Strictly Ballroom, A Few Good Men, Sleepless in Seattle, The Living Daylights (one-sheet advance), etc., a few light corner creases etc. but generally fine
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£200-300
564* Mary Poppins, dir. Robert Stevenson, 1964, starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, British four-sheet poster in folded condition, fine+, together with four UK quad posters in fine folded condition for ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’, c. 1980s re-release, ‘E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial’, re-release, Zulu Dawn (1979) and ‘Austin Powers, The Spy Who Shagged Me’ (1999) (5)
£100-150
566* Never Say Never Again. A group of approx. 110 vintage colour photos, 1983, many scene shots including the actors Sean Connery, Kim Basinger, Barbara Carrera, et al, some rehearsal and set scenes, possibly made for continuity purposes, many duplicates and some triplicates, mostly with ink numbers to verso, 24.5 x 20cm, together with a British quad re-issue of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless, slightly creased where folded at edges for framing, approx. 30 x 40 ins (approx. 110)
£100-150
565* Monroe (Marilyn). Full-length cut-out of the figure of Marilyn Monroe from concept artwork for the UK quad poster of ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’, [1953], Marilyn Monroe with red and yellow swimsuit with long tassles, fishnet stockings and open-toed red shoes, arms raised with hands tucked behind her smiling face, watercolour and gouache on thin card cut-out, a few tassle ends broken and deficient, a few minor marks, 14 x 3.5 ins (35 x 9cm), adhesion marks to verso Howard Hawks’ film starred Marilyn Monroe with Jane Russell, and the UK quad poster showed both lead stars in matching green and yellow swimsuits. This mannequin cut-out is identical to the one used on the right side of the poster except for the colour of the swimsuit and shoes and the fishnet stockings which are absent in the finished design. The UK quad poster was printed at Haycock Press, Camberwell, and this concept artwork was acquired by the present owner while working at Haycock Press in the 1950s. (1) £300-500
567* Octopussy, dir. John Glen, 1983, starring Roger Moore and Maud Adams, UK quad poster in rolled condition, sl. rubbed on extrems. with a few short marginal splits, 30 x 40 ins, VG+ (1)
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£70-100
569* Peggy Sue Got Married, dir. Francis Ford Coppola, 1986, starring Kathleen Turner and Nicolas Cage, original finished artwork before letters for the UK quad poster, acrylic on board, plain acetate overlay, 30 x 23 ins (76 x 58cm), together with four original artwork concept designs for one-sheet posters or inserts (all apparently unused), mixed media including watercolour and pen and ink, three titled in manuscript and one with printed details pasted at foot, two with acetate overlays with hand-coloured lettering and design, 24 x 17 ins (62 x 43cm) and sl. smaller, plus two copies of the printed UK quad poster in rolled condition with single vertical fold and short split to left margins, fine (7)
£200-300
568* Original Film Poster Artwork. A group of five original concept artwork designs for five films, including Bite the Bullet (1975) starring Gene Hackman and Candice Bergen, House of Mortal Sin (1975), dir. Peter Walker, The Wind and the Lion (1975), starring Sean Connery and Candice Bergen, Fanny Hill (1983), dir. Gerry O’Hara and Santa Claus (1985), starring Dudley Moore and John Lithgow, mixed media including acrylic, oil and gouache, all with lettered acetate overlays, approx. 21 x 28 ins (53 x 72cm) and sl. smaller The first three are quad designs and the later two one-sheet portrait-shaped designs. Fanny Hill appears to be the only unfinished design. (5) £200-300
570* Rebel Without A Cause, dir. Nicholas Ray, 1955, starring James Dean and Natalie Wood, US one-sheet poster in rolled condition, light toning and pin hole corner repairs, laid on linen, 41 x 27 ins, VG(1)
Lot 569
£100-150
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574* Saving Private Ryan, dir. Steven Spielberg, 1998, starring Tom Hanks, a group of three film props used in the film including a rubber American helmet, with remains of painted medics insignia to the front, and a bullet-shaped hole, as used in the opening scenes of the film, together with an original American issue M1 steel helmet, 1970s issued, painted and modified to look like a wartime helmet, plus a rubber replica Germany Army issue water bottle as used by German soldiers in the film
571* Regent Cinema, Thirsk. A group of thirty-nine cinema double-bill posters printed by Taylors, Wombwell, Yorkshire, c. 1950s, all printed in large red and blue letterpress with no illustrations, films include Marilyn Monroe and Joseph Cotten in Niagara, Burt Lancaster in the Crimson Pirate, We’re Not Married, Trent’s Last Case, Son of Ali Baba, Kangaroo, The Queen is Crowned, Objective Burma, Mandy, Distant Drums, Genevieve, Road to Bali, a few with Thirsk Young Citizens’ Matinee Club footers, a little mostly marginal creasing and splitting, light fold marks, 30 x 10 ins (39)
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£100-150
575* The Spy Who Loved Me, dir. Lewis Gilbert, 1977, starring Roger Moore and Barbara Bach, UK quad poster in rolled condition with three vertical folds, some light creasing, 30 x 40 ins, near fine
572* The Return of the Jedi, dir. Richard Marquand, 1983, starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher, UK quad poster in rolled condition, minor rubbing to extrems., 30 x 40 ins, near fine (1)
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£100-150
£80-120
576* Star Wars Trilogy, three-in-one programme, c. 1985, UK folded quad poster for a special screening of all three Star Wars films, a few marginal marks and short closed tears, plus one longer split close to foot of centrefold, 30 x 40 ins, VG, together with a Spanish one-sheet poster for The Empire Strikes Back (1980), folded condition, closely trimmed at head and foot with corners rounded, 27 x 41 ins, VG-
573* The Return of the Jedi, dir. Richard Marquand, 1983, starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher, UK quad poster from artwork by Josh Kirby, framed and glazed, 30 x 40 ins, fine Unexamined out of frame. (1)
£150-200
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£150-200
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£70-100
577* Star Wars, dir. George Lucas, 1977, starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher, UK quad poster in rolled condition, from artwork by Tom Chantrell, framed and glazed, 30 x 40 ins, fine Unexamined out of frame. (1)
581* Wild Geese, dir. Andrew V. MacLaglen, 1977, starring Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris and Hardy Kruger, original artwork design the concept of which was largely used for the insert posters, oil on board, featuring the four fully finished heads of the film’s four lead stars, all with purple berets with a vignette of an aerial attack on a bridge and explosions lower left and soldiers jumping from a plane upper right, some grey blue background shading behind their heads, the remainder of the white board blank, overall approx. 32 x 36 ins (81 x 92cm)
£150-200
578* “10”, dir. Blake Edwards, 1979, starring Dudley Moore, Bo Derek, UK quad in folded condition, signed by Dudley Moore in black marker pen, 30 x 40 ins, near mint (1)
£70-100
579* The Terminator, dir. James Cameron, 1984, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, UK quad poster in folded condition, some surface scratches and marks, 30 x 40 ins, VG, framed but not glazed (1)
In the UK quad poster the four heads were arranged close together in a diamond shape while for the insert poster the heads were as here set against the silhouette of the continent of Africa and the action vignettes more centred. (1) £300-400
£80-120
580* A View to a Kill, dir. John Glen, 1985, starring Roger Moore and Tanya Roberts, original concept artwork for an apparently unused one-sheet poster design, possibly by Mike Vaughan, pen and ink with watercolour and acrylic, printed lettering at head and foot of board, 32 x 22.5 ins (81 x 57cm), very fine This artwork is most similar in overall design to the artwork of Dan Gouzee used for the US one-sheet poster. However, like the British one-sheet poster with artwork by Vic Fair, James Bond wears a white tuxedo and the printed titles are centred at the head and foot. As in the Dan Gouzee poster Roger Moore stands precariously high above the Golden Gate Bridge, but here Tanya Roberts clings to his legs while trying not to slip off with one foot dangling into the letterpress beneath. Christopher Walken is closing in with a stick of dynamite from the left while Grace Jones is leaping in from a spaceship above two other approaching attackers behind James Bond’s back. A marvellous and dynamic piece of original and unique James Bond artwork. (1) £3000-5000
582* You Only Live Twice, dir. Lewis Gilbert, 1967, starring Sean Connery, UK quad poster, style C bath house scene, some rubbing and creasing to margins with chipping to corners and one long closed tear from right margin into image, 30 x 40 ins, very good, together with rolled one-sheet posters for A View to a Kill, For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy, plus two issues of Photoplay with Goldfinger and Thunderball front covers (6)
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BRITISH & CONTINENTAL OILS & WATERCOLOURS OLD MASTER PRINTS & DRAWINGS MODERN PRINTS & ARTISTS' BOOKS BRONZES & OBJETS D'ART Thursday 21 July 2011
Weekes (Herbert William, fl. 1864-1904). 'Standing Guard', oil on canvas, signed lower left, 30.5 x 45.5 cm (12 x 18 ins) Estimate £2,000-3,000
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Hockney (David, b. 1937). Montcalm Interior at Seven O'clock, 1853 Gallery, Salts Mill, Bradford, 1988, colour reproduction poster, signed, 70 x 83 cm (27.5 x 32.75 ins), framed and glazed Estimate ÂŁ500-800
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