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APS-C crop sensor, DX format CMOS, Digital SLR, LCD Screen, JPEG and NEF (RAW) formats, 1080P HD Movies, Dual SD memory card slot, built-in flash, 100-6400 ISO, with Nikon neck strap and Nikon lithium ion battery pack (no charger included). Includes body cap. Includes Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5 - 5.6 G Lens with front lens cap and UV 52mm filter. Includes Nikon shoulder camera bag. Includes Nikon D7000 for Dummies book. Camera dimensions: 5.2" x 4.1" x 3" Lens dimensions: 2.9"D x 4"L Camera Bag: 12"L x 6"W x 10"H Issued: 2010Dimensions: Bag: 12"L x 6"W x 10"HManufacturer: NikonCountry of Origin: ThailandCondition: Age related wear. Untested. Functionality not guaranteed.

1930 Scott Sprint Special Registration number CH 9443 Frame number 30 Engine number PY 3406 Designed for competition use Original machine restored by a previous owner some years ago Used in competition by the first owners Purchased and registered by the present owner in 1987 Used in club events in the late 80’s/early 90’s Unused since that time Petrol tank professionally repainted 6 years ago Will need re-commissioning Early, rare and collectable racing Scott All lots in this sale are sold as is and bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding. Please read our terms and condition With V5C and buff log book showing the previous owners This lot must be collected by 12.30pm on Friday 8th June. If the buyer has not collected by this time it will automatically be removed and placed into storage, incurring a removal charge of £60 + VAT. Combinations will be charged at £100 + VAT. Storage will then be charged at £10 + VAT per day or part thereof. If collecting from storage, please provide 24 hours notice

These two Danish figurines include an adorable boy with his bulldog designed by Michaela Ahlmann and two children reading a book designed by Ingeborg Plockross-Irminger. B&G backstamp. Largest piece measures 4.75"L x 4.5"W x 4"H Issued: 20th centuryManufacturer: Bing & GrondahlCondition: Age related wear.

Written by former Hollywood screenwriter and film editor, this powerfully intimate book examines the starlet’s final weeks and offers startling evidence to support his provocative claim that Marilyn’s alleged suicide was, in fact, a tragic homicide. Contains 544 pages. Artist: Donald H. WolfeIssued: 1998Dimensions: 6.25"W x 9.5"HManufacturer: William Morrow And Company, Inc.Country of Origin: United StatesCondition: Age related wear.

Beatles and rock interest to include:- McCartney, Linda "Sixties Portrait of an Era" published by Pyramid Books 1992, black and white colour photographs throughout text, signed on ffep by Linda McCartney, black cloth with white titles, dust wrapper price clipped  Dylan, Bob "The Drawn Blank Series", Halcyon Gallery 2008, colour plates throughout, pictorial ep, white cloth, silver titles, dust wrapper, folio  "Paul McCartney Paintings ...", a Bullfinch Press book, published 2000, colour plates and illustrations and text, pictorial ep, yellow cloth, dust wrapper, folio  Gunther, Kurt (photographs) and Rayl, A J S "Beatles '64 A Hard Days Night in America", Double Day, published 1989, numerous black and white photographs throughout the text, black cloth, dust wrapper not price clipped, a souvenir programme for Jimmy Page and Robert Plant World Tour 1995 McCartney, Linda "Linda's Pictures, a Collection of Photographs", Jonathan Cape 1976, laminated dust wrapper onto the boards Geldof, Bob "Tales of Boomtown Glory", Faber (2019), lime green ep, grey cloth with yellow and grey titles Dylan, Bob "Tarantula", MacGibbon & Key 1971, purple cloth, dust wrapper not price clipped  Stephens, Cat "Teaser and the Fire Cat", written and illustrated in various languages to include Chinese, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, etc, published by Bernard Jacobson, London, colour plates, limp pictorial boards  Bern, Sharon and Woolf, Rossetta (ills) "Message in a Bottle by Sting", published by Virgin Books 1981, the book on plastic ring bind and shaped as a bottle  The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour, two 45rpm records and accompanying book within card pictorial covers and other related volumes (1 box)   Condition Report please find image of the signature

Harrison, Florence (ills.) "Tennyson's Guinevere and Other Poems", Blackie & Son, 1912, col plates tipped in with lettered tissue guards, black and white ills. some foxing, original publisher's green pictorial cloth, corners bumped, glassine cover, Heath Robinson W., (ills.) " Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales" Boots the Chemists, Hodder and Stoughton, col plates tipped in, black and white ills., edges foxed, pencil inscription inside front board dated 1900, original publisher's red cloth with gilt titles and vignette of children, gilt titles to back strip, Fortescue Brickdale, Eleanor " Golden Book of Famous Women" Hodder and Stoughton , cl plates tipped in with lettered tissue guards, slight foxing to the edges, original blue pictorial cloth, slight staining to board edges, glassine cover, Brickdale, Eleanor F. (ills.) "The Idylls of the King" Hodder and Stoughton [1911] , col plates tipped in, text and plates clean, decorated cloth, glassine cover, Fortescue Brickdale, Eleanor (ills.) "The Book of Old Songs and Ballads" Hodder and Stoughton [1915], col plates tipped in, original green decorated cloth with red titles, Robinson, Charles (ills.) "In the Beginning....." Longmans Green & co. 1910, col plates with tissue guards, ills., pictorial endpapers, pencil notes on ffep, front hinge cracked, original publisher's green cloth with gilt title and angel image, corners bumped, glassine cover, MacKenzie, Thomas (ills.) Flecker, James Elroy "Hassan......" William Heinemann Ltd. 1924, col plates tipped in, ills. front hinge cracked, pictorial endpapers, original red cloth with gilt titles and decorations, glassine cover, Huyddart, Frideswith (Baroness de Lynden) (ills.) "the Psalms of David....." Faber and Gwyer 1926, black and white plates, original red cloth with gilt device to front board, Shaw, Byam (ills.) "The Garden of Kama ...." arranged in verse by Laurence Hope, William Heinemann 1914, col plates with lettered tissue guards, ills., red cloth, with gilt image to front boards, and black titles, folio and eight other ills children's books (17) Condition Report The Florence Harrison is complete with all plates as listedThere is a small repair to the corner of plate facing pg 136, plate facing lot 72 has a slight crease in one corner, plate facing page 8 small creases, the text and edges foxed - the boards are good.

Cricketing interest to include:-  Warner, Sir Pelham "Lords 1787 to 1945", Alverstone, Lord and Alcock, C W "Surrey Cricket Its History and Associations", Read, W W "Annals of Cricket ...", Sampson Low Marston & Co 1896, photographic frontis and other plates, various Wisden, a Fair Cricket Annual 1950's, The Sunday Chronicle Cricket Annual 1953 with limp covers, Wisden 1950, 56, 54, 55 and later, CB Fry "The Book of Cricket" and many other related volumes (3 boxes) 

A collection of objects of vertu and silver, Comprising: an early Edwardian silver rattle, Birmingham, 1901, Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders & James Francis Hollings Shepherd, with bells dependent and a mother of pearl hoop, 10.2cm long; a small silver pill box in the form of a book, London import marks, 1960, J R & Co., 3.3cm, 3.9cm wide; a small silver pill box designed with shilling coins to lid and base, Birmingham, date letter indistinct, S. J. Rose & Son, 2.4cm diameter; a modern Lalique model of seated cherub, signed Lalique France to base, 7cm high; a Halcyon Days enamel trinket box inscribed Love and congratulations, 5.2cm wide; a Staffordshire enamel trinket box inscribed Grow old along with me, The best is yet to be., 4.4cm wide; a pair of bronze mice, 6.1cm wide; a gilt-brass mounted lapis lazuli reliquary of St Christopher, 5.7cm high, 4.2cm wide; a small circular cloisonné enamel box and cover, 5cm diameter; and others (lot)  Condition Report: Gross weight of silver approx. 2.9ozt

Top of the range, 3.7-litre, 330bhp, V6 Coupé from Nissan's prestige division, Infiniti. Stylish two-door coupé powered by Nissan's 3.7-litre V6 generating 316bhp and 360Nm of torque, offering 0-62mph in 5.9 seconds and 155mph  This automatic gearbox G37S is a 2010 UK car supplied from new by an Infiniti dealerFinished in White Pearl with a sunroof and sits on ⁠19" refurbished alloys with new ContinentalsThis flagship model 'S' is very well specified from new including four-wheel steering, cruise control, ⁠Bose sound, ⁠Bluetooth, ⁠SatNav, front and rear parking aids, rear-view camera, heated electric seats with lumbar support, keyless entry and go and voice activationIt has been enjoyed by five former keepers, has covered 70,900 miles and the MOT is valid until October 2024Full Service History, first 6 years Infiniti and subsequently main dealer. ⁠Most recent, 12/06/2023 at 68,147 milesSupplied with its original user guide, stamped service book, manuals, a huge number of receipts and previous MOT Certificates   Specification Make: INFINITI Model: G37S Year: 2010 Chassis Number: JN1GCBV36U0760106 Registration Number: BX60 HVC Transmission: Auto Engine Number: VQ37-133330A Drive Side: Right-hand Drive Odometer Reading: 70899 Miles Make: RHDClick here for more details, condition report and images

A fabulous Pure Silver R50 MINI that is fresh from being recommissioned, refurbished and enhanced by HRRCC. Finished in Pure Silver with just two previous owners and presented in outstanding condition throughoutComprehensively recommissioned and refurbished by HRRCC to OEM+ levels in conjunction with ‘Dinitrol UK’ and will have a fresh MOTFull underbody strip back, a bespoke three layer ‘Dinitrol UK’ rust inhibitor, stone chip guard re-surface & protection plan including cavity wax top-up appliedComprehensive ‘factory’ specification includes 17" Cooper S 8-Spoke wheels, cruise control, air conditioning, multi-function sports steering wheel, rear tinted windows and an anthracite interior upgradeVisually enhanced by a Sytner Nottingham who supplied and fitted a full, colour-coded, 'Aero' body-kit including the boot spoilerAccompanied by its original book pack, a stamped service book, the rare ‘Ministry of Ownership' Passport and an unopened first aid kitComprehensive details of the extensive works are available upon request and we suggest your early inspection is paramount to fully appreciate the quality of finish of this remarkable HRRCC First Edition R50 MiniSpecification Make: MINI Model: MINI COOPER HRRCC FIRST EDITION Year: 2003 Chassis Number: WMWRC320XOTG27736 Registration Number: FM03 FMF Transmission: Manual Engine Number: D167R098 Drive Side: Right-hand Drive Odometer Reading: 92290 Miles Make: RHD Interior Colour: BlackClick here for more details, condition report and images

1940's Rupert Annuals, eleven 1950's Rupert Annuals; Rupert and the Swan Lake and The New Rupert Colour Adventure Book:- One Box.

Ashendene Press.- Vita di Santa Chiara Vergine composta per Vgolino Verino Cittadino Florentino, Reprinted from the Original Manuscript with an Introduction and Notes by Walter W. Seton, one of 236 copies on paper, printed in red and black in Subiaco type with initials in red & blue, first two leaves of the original manuscript reproduced in collotype facsimile, original limp vellum with ties, spine titled in gilt, uncut, [Hornby XXX; Franklin p.240], 8vo, Ashendene Press, 1921.*** The original manuscript, written in a late XVth century hand for the nuns of St.Clare, belonged to Lord Vernon and was bought by Hornby at the sale of Vernon's library at Sotheby's in 1918. "Another neglected Ashendene book: owners should take a more intelligent interest than to close it after admiring type...This and Omar Khayyam are the two Ashendenes which rank as serious critical editions". (Franklin).

George III's stables.- George III (King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and King of Hanover, 1738-1820).- Pollock (David, saddler to the Royal family, of Charing Cross, 1739-1815).- Waste Book for His Majesty's Articles [for the King's stables "by order of the Master of the Horse"], manuscript in several hands, 137pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red, 3ff. with tears, slightly browned, original vellum, title lettered direct on upper cover, soiled, upper cover with several cuts, spine with some surface cracking, folio, 1798-1817.*** An interesting account book of day to day purchases of items for the king's and the Prince Regent's stables, including, "His Majesty... 2 Pairs of best white girths"; "Hampton Court To 8 foals Collars... 2/4"; "Pimlico [Stables] To covering 2 Cruppers with Lambskin... 5[s]"; "His Majesty The Hunt... To 14 Black reins... 1/15/0 [£sd]" etc.

Hours, use of Rome.- Catholic Church. Hore christifere virginis marie secundum usum Romanum ... cum illius miraculis & figuris apocalipsis et biblianis cum triumphis cesaris, collation: A-E8 F2 G6 H-N8 O6, in Latin, 'Batarde type 98' in 29-31 lines, title below large metalcut printer's device (Renouard 1105) all within ornate metalcut border, 14 whole-page and 12 other large metcalcut illustrations, all but those whole-page set within wide architectural or historiated metalcut borders, rubricated throughout in red and blue, with 1-2 line initials, manuscript single rule border in red throughout, 3 ff. of manuscript prayers in a contemporary hand in ink bound at end, mainly in French, scored through later ink ownership inscription to title foot, a few tiny splashes from rubrication, handsomely bound in nineteenth century red goatskin by Capé, covers with inlays of black and tan in an intricate design of interlacing bands and leafy sprigs all edged in gilt and surrounding the title (upper) and imprint (lower) lettered in gilt, spine in compartments similarly inlaid, with six raised bands, olive morocco doublures ornately tooled in gilt, g.e., housed within modern drop-back box, 4to (249 x 164mm.), Paris, Simon Vostre, 1508.*** The superb Robert Hoe-Courtland F. Bishop-Mary S. Collins copy, with a distinguished provenance, of the most lavishly illustrated of Simon Vostre's quarto editions; known as the 'Grandes Heures' they are recognised as a highpoint of printed Paris horae for the abundance and intricacy of their graphic material. The fourteen whole-page illustrations of this edition, attributed to the workshop of Jean Pichore, form a complete new series for Vostre, only three having previously appeared. Provenance: I: Marielaine du Varny, of Rosny (near Mantes, Seine-et-Oise) [signed inscription to end of manuscript prayers]. II: Robert Hoe (1893-1909) [morocco book label; lot 1683 in Part IV of his sale at Anderson Galleries (New York), 11th November 1912]. III: Courtland F. Bishop (1870-1935) [morocco book label; lot 1037 in his sale Part I, 25th April 1938]. IV: Mary S. Collins (1864-1948) [book label].  

Eliot (T.S.) Old Possum's Book of Cats, first edition, original pictorial cloth lettered in red, thin light band of toning to foot of upper cover, dust-jacket, price-clipped, very light sunning to spine, slight creasing to head, small splash mark to upper cover, a near-fine example overall, [Gallup A34a], 8vo, 1939.*** Eliot's classic collection of poems for children, rare in such superb condition. 

Schoener (Johann) Opera Mathematica, 3 parts in 1, first edition, collation: ?6, ?4, A-Z6, Aa-Cc6, Dd-Ee8, Ff-Mm6, Nn8; a-h6, i8, including errata, colophon and final blank leaf, but lacking 2 other blanks, Roman and Greek type, title printed in red and black with two large woodcut ornaments, woodcut printer's device at end, woodcut portrait of the author on ?4v, numerous woodcuts and diagrams, 4 full-page woodcuts, including terrestrial globe, celestial globe and planisphere, complete with eleven diagrams with working volvelles (although moveable parts supplied in later (?18th century) facsimile and thread renewed), woodcut initials, generally very fine, wide-margined copy, title gutter reinforced, quire R lightly browned, few other leaves toned, small wear to lower blank margin of b3v, tiny wormhole in blank outer margin of last several leaves, contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards, covers within two blind-stamped rolls, outer roll dated 1541 and depicting the Crucifixion, David, the Resurrection, and St. John, inner roll dated 1556 and showing Lucretia, Caritas, and Justicia, later stamp of Schola Altenburgensis printed in gold in centre of upper cover and in black on lower cover, some minor abrasion to binding, spine slightly chipped at head, corners lightly rubbed, folio (306 x 201mm.), Nuremberg, J. Montanus & U. Neuber, 1551.*** Rare and important work with a most distinguished provenance, in excellent condition and in its strictly contemporary binding. The Honeyman copy of the first edition of the collected works by Johann Schöner, mathematician, astronomer, cartographer, and scientific instrument maker from Karlstadt, in Bavaria.Schöner was a contemporary of Nicolaus Copernicus and in 1526 he became the first professor of mathematics at the University of Nuremberg. His most illustrious pupil was Georg Joachim Rheticus, who in the Narratio prima (1540) announced Copernicus' discoveries. Schöner was also active as a printer and even set up a press in his house, printing numerous previously unpublished works by Johannes Regiomontanus, as well as the first printed terrestrial globe to name the recently discovered continent of America.The Opera mathematica was published posthumously by his son Andreas and is introduced by a preface by the outstanding humanist and reformer Philipp Melanchthon (1497-1560). The volume contains a representative sample of Schöner's wide and diverse interests, and a digest of some of his separately published works, most of which are extremely rare. Part 3 contains the most important section, which describes and illustrates eleven instruments, under the title Aequatorium Astronomicum, ex quo errantium stellarum motus, luminarium configurationes, & defectus colliguntur, a revised and enlarged version of the work which first appeared in 1521. The Aequatorium Astronomicum contains the earliest collection of printed equatoria-diagrams, as well as a catalogue of stars adapted by Schöner from that published by Copernicus in his De revolutionibus of 1543.The text is illustrated by an elaborate series of volvelles (movable wheel charts) used to determine planetary positions. Each part of these volvelles was printed on a separate page, such that the reader could cut them out or trace them on separate pieces of paper, and then assemble the various parts with string. These fragile 'paper instruments', which Schöner was among the first to employ, are frequently lacking or only partially present in most other copies of this work, and they are very often constructed incorrectly.Provenance: from the library of the Latin school in Altenburg, Germany (stamp on the binding 'Biblioth. Schol. Altenburgensis'); the English politician and book collector Sir Robert Leicester Harmsworth (1870-1937; his sale at Sotheby's London, 9 February 1953, lot 9605); Robert Honeyman IV (1897- 1987; see The Honeyman Collection of Scientific Books and Manuscripts. Volume vii. Printed Books S-Z and Addenda, Sotheby's New York, 19-20 May 1981, lot 2802A); Astronomy & Science Books from The Library of Martin C. Gutzwiller, lot 175.Literature: Adams S-678, 685; VD16 S-3465; Alden 551/35; BEA, pp. 1027-1028; Houzeau - Lancaster 2388; Sabin 77806

INDIA, INDIAN STATES AND PAKISTAN - Mixed lot in a stock book on stock cards, packets and loose. 1. India : A good range of 1st issues including 3 x dubious Scinde examples, plus various mint Queen Victoria definitives and thereafter range of mid and used up to the 1970's including UM blocks worth careful examination. Also includes various revenue stamps. 2. Indian States - Various native states represented. 3. Pakistan - small selection on stock cards.

SWITZERLAND COLLECTION from early issues to 1970's - A brown deluxe stamp stock book containing a very clean collection including many charity issues.

Works by William O’Brien and T.M. Healy, two politicians of the Parnell and Redmond eras. Letters and Leaders of My Day 2 vols (T.M. Healy, n.d.); Stolen Waters (T.M. Healy, 1913); Edmund Burke as an Irishman (William O’Brien, 1926, 2nd ed); Recollections (William O’Brien, 1905). This book has a lengthy presentation inscription to 'Miss Boyle O'Reilly' (daughter of Fenian and proprietor of the 'Pilot' - he had four daughters) dated May 25, 1914, the day the Home Rule Bill was passed in the House of Commons. Possibly from 'S. O'N.' Inscription runs: 'Given me by dear William O'Brien's wife while I sat in the House of Commons waiting for the passage of Home Rule. At seventeen minutes to five the division bells were set ringing. As Big Ben [???] the hour the Chief Liberal Whip reported the result, 357 to 274. Government majority 77 (sic). So the Great Bill was won[?]. Mr John Redmond took me thro' St Stephens Hall. He seemed calm and a little sad. "This is only the beginning", he said, "and tonight there are a good many ghosts about".

Poetry & Children – Potter (Helen Beatrix, Mrs. William Heelis, 1866-1943), The Tale of Mr. Tod, London, Frederick Warne 1912, 18mo, 94pp coloured plates and vignettes, cream embossed boards and titles mounted colour print, cover a little dirty; Nodier (Charles) illus. Fraser (Claud Lovat), The Woodcutter’s Dog, London, Daniel O’Connor 1922, 8vo, 20pp, colour printed vignettes, printed yellow boards mounted titles; Nodier (Charles), illus. Fraser (Claud Lovat), The Luck of the Bean Rows: A Fairy Tale, London, Daniel O’Connor 1921, tall 12mo, 60 pp, colour printed vignette illus., harlequin boards, titles yellow printed, blue cloth spine; Perrault (Charles), Tales of Passed Times Written for Children, 1st edn., London, Selwyn & Blount, 1922, 8vo, 63pp, colour frontis and vignettes by John Austen (MS signature), no. 84 of an edition of 200 copies, armorial bookplate Frederick John Handcock Lloyd, buff boards, colour printed vignette and titles; Perrault (Charles), trans. Gant (Roland), illus. Clauss, The Vindication of Wives, 1st edn., London, Rodale, 1954, 12mo, 27pp, coloured illus., cream printed boards, red cloth spine, gilt titles; Regnard (Jean-François, 1655-1709), trans Gant (Roland), illus. Clauss, Satire against Husbands, a poem, 1st edn., London , Rodale, 1954, 12mo, 30pp, numerous coloured illus., colour printed boards buff spine, gilt titles; Cassiodorus (Fl. Magnus Aurelius Senator, c. 490-585), trans Merton (Thomas), A Prayer of Cassiodorus from the treatise de Anima, Worcester, Stanbrook Abbey, 1967, tall 12mo, 16pp, handset 12pt monotype, marbled boards, gilt titles, cellophane d.w.; various authors, Granny’s Glasses and a Peep Through Them, London, Ernest Nister/New York, E. P. Dutton, 1892, royal 8vo, unpaginated, colour lithographs and vignettes, chromolithographic boards, green spine; de la Mare (Walter, OM, CH, 1873-1956), illus. Fraser (Claud Lovat), Peacock Pie: a Book of Rhymes, London, Constable, 1924, large 8vo, 128pp, 16 coloured prints, blue boards embossed with gilt peacock, gilt titles to spine (9)

Aspects of Collecting Golf Books 1996 Subscribers Edition 279/425, plus Murdoch, Joseph S F - The Murdoch Golf Library Publishers Presentation Copy ltd ed book in blue cloth boards with DJ - slight mark to D/j, appears in G condition overall (2)

Collection of Golf Humour, Fiction, Indoor Games and Cartoon Sketch Books from the 1931 to the early 1960s (6) to incl American Puzzle Book titled "Synonym Golf - A New Indoor Game" by Everett M Smith - publ'd by The Mowhawk Press New York 1931 - in the original pictorial cloth boards spine faded and some soiling to the edges, front free end plate discoloured - the game is unused and comes with separate instruction section (F); G C Nash - 'Letters to The Secretary of A Golf Club' 1st ed 1935 illustrated by Christopher Millett in the original green cloth boards with gilt title to spine and protective sleeve (G); American Publication by Ike S Handy titled "It's The Damned Ball" 1st ed 1951 illustrated by Sid Van Ulm - in the original green faux leather and gilt pictorial boards (some rubbing to top and tail of spine and hinges) featuring uncut pages, some front hinge weakness otherwise overall (F/G); 2x Lawrence Lariar incl 'Golf and Be Damned' 1st ed 1956 and 'You've Got Me in A Hole - Collection of Golfing Cartoons y foremost Comic Artists'1st ed 1956 both with original dust jackets one creased and torn otherwise both (F/G); and Cecil W Morton "Golf !!! Confessions of a Club Secretary" 1st ed 1963 c/w dust jacket overall (G) - just the tonic if you need cheering up!!

Margaret Ross, (act. 1930-50) pencil on paper, Mrs. Mouse, initialled lower right, 7cm x 5 m, mounted, glazed and framed. Cambridge Book and Picture Gallery label verso. Margaret Ross was a renowned illustrator and author of children’s books in the 1940’s and 1950’s

S[mith] (E[liza]) The Compleat Housewife: or, Accomplished Gentlewoman’s companion: being a Collection of upwards of Five Hundred of the most approved Receipts in Cookery, Pastry, Confectionary, Preserving, Pickles, Cakes, Creams, Jellies, Made Wines, Cordials..., second edition, 6 folding engraved bills of fare, advertisement f. at end, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, contemporary ink manuscript medical recipes to endpapers and a8v, index misbound after sig. A (before start of main text), title with neat narrow repair verso to outer margin, T1&2 small hole at start of final line of text, with loss of a few letters, but no loss of sense, occasional marginal worming, some spotting or light staining, lightly browned, new endpapers, contemporary panelled calf, sympathetically rebacked, spine in compartments and with burgundy leather label, corners repaired, [Bitting, p.438 (note); Maclean pp.133-135; Oxford p.60 (note); cf. Simon BG 1392 & 1393; Cagle 996 & 997; & Vicaire 794], 8vo, Printed for J. Pemberton, at the Golden Buck, over-against St. Dunstan’s Church in Fleet-Street, 1728.  *** Scarce edition at auction. Despite her popularity little is known of the author, apart from her prefatory statement that she had been employed for upwards of thirty years in fashionable and noble families. The 1742 Virginia edition was the first cookery book published in America.Provenance: ‘Phebe Haton, her Book, July ye 2nd. Anno Domini 1730’ (ink signatures to title and A2r). 

Children & Education.- Nelson (James) AnEssayon the Government ofChildren, first edition, contemporary ink signature of Ann Upwood to front free endpaper and with A.L.s. to her presenting the book loosely inserted (frayed at folds with slight loss and laid down), title torn and repaired, original boards, uncut, rubbed and stained, rebacked, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, R.& J.Dodsley, 1753 § Hints to Parents, on the Cultivation of Children, in the Spirit of Pestalozzi's Method, No.I-IV only (of 6) bound in 1 vol., No.I third edition, No.II second edition, No.III & IV first editions, diagrams in text, Overston ink signature to front pastedown, ex-library copy with ink stamp to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, spine gilt, red roan label, a little rubbed, 1824-25, 8vo (2) *** The first concerns the health, manners and education of children, advising regular meals including small beer.Pestalozzi believed it was the educator's task to assist the natural development of head, heart, and hand, and to encourage and guide self-activity. He considerably influenced the development of English education, both by his written works and through the school at Yverdun, which was visited by many English reformers including Owen and Brougham.

* WWII Log Book. Navigator's, Air Bomber's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book kept by Leading Aircraftsman J.P. Tait, 514 Squadron, Royal Air Force, commencing 19 August 1943 (No 7 A O S Bishops Court), final entry 11 March 1946, total flying time 487hrs45mins, Tait served in Anson, Wellington, Lancaster and Liberators, together with a the recipient's medal group (attributed) comprising 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence and War Medals, extremely fine, mounted for display plus a target map of Le Havre QTY: (1)NOTE:J.P Tait trained at RAF Bishops Court before being posted to RAF Waterneach with 514 Squadron as a Navigator. His first exercise with this unit was on 30 May 1944 flying a Lancaster Mk2 (LL620) which was later lost in action by flack over Villers Bocaye, France. The target map included in the lot shows the Port of Le Havre which at the time was held by 11,000 German troops. It was attacked by Bomber Command in broad daylight with 313 Lancasters, including Tait and crew who completed their operation. A total of 1587 tons on bombs were dropped. The following day 311 Lancasters returned including Tait and dropped a further 1567 tons of bombs. The Germans surrendered after three further raids by Bomber Command.Tait flew in 30 operations throughout the period of 30 May 1944 to 6 September 1944.

* Marx (Enid). Bulgy, the Barrage Balloon, & Nelson, The Kite of the King's Navy, 2 volumes, both 1st editions, London: Oxford University Press, 1941, & Chatto & Windus, [1942], lithograph illustrations printed in blue and black to each, original pictorial printed wrappers, generally in good condition (second title with some marks, fraying, and discolouration to edges), large slim 8vo, together with Wadsworth (Wallace). The Stubborn Dirigible and other stories, Pictures by Ruth Eger, Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1935, full-page colour printed plates and other monochrome illustrations to text, early ownership inscription to front pastedown dated 1938, original pictorial boards, rubbed and some marks, large 4to, plus Hints for Flight Sub-Lieutenants, Royal Naval Air Service, London: Forster Groom & Co., 1916, colour plates, advertisements at front and rear, contemporary signature to front endpaper of F. S. Russell, dated 1916, original blue cloth lettered in gilt and red, a little rubbed and some light damp marking, 12mo, and Warne (Frederick, publisher). Flying Days (Aunt Louisa's Home Toy Books-Series III), London: Frederick Warne & Co., circa 1910, four chromolithograph full-page plates, monochrome illustrations, some light marginal soiling and spotting, original pictorial chromolithograph boards, rubbed and some soiling and partial loss to blank spine, large slim 8vo, plus others ballooning titles, including E. F. Herbert and Philip Zec, Blossom the Brave Balloon, 1941, The Book of Airships, Ernest Nister, circa 1900, Florence K. Upton, The Golliwogg's Air-Ship, circa 1890 (covers damp marked), Raphael Tuck, Boo-Boo The Barrage Balloon, Raphael Tuck, [1943], Georgette Heyer, A Balloon Incident from Frederica, London: Bodley Head, 1965 (limited edition of 200 copies), Aviation Book, McLoughlin Brothers Inc., Springfield, Massachusetts, 1932, Blanchard, Journal of my Forty-Fifth Ascension, Oakham Bindery, Massachusetts, 1976 (miniature book limited edition 360/500), etc.QTY: (13)

* Log Book. WWII Royal Air Force Navigator's Air Bomber's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book kept by Wireless Operator D.I. Ingram, 8 Squadron who served in Wellington Bombers over Aden between 1944 to 1945 Commencing 18 July 1943, training in Anson and Wellington until 6 May 1944 when he joined 8 Squadron. On 7 June he was low level bombing in Wellington XIII, on 18 July he was based at RAF Khormaksar in Aden and took part in convoy escort in Wellington JA 442 (21 July), convoy escort (5 August), G.A.C. A/S Sweep from Khomaksar to Scuischuiban (30 August) and several similar sorties, Ingram completed his "ops" tour on 7 May 1945 having completed 16 sorties and 92hrs55mins on operation, this is the final entry, with original documents relating to campaign medals, Holy Bible belonging to Ingram plus The Church Hymnary dated 1917 inscribed to Mrs James Ingram, Ingram completed a full tour which is all recorded in his log bookQTY: (1)

Noel Langley: 'The Tale of the Land of Green Ginger', London, Arthur Barker, 1937, 1st edition, colour frontis and colour illustrations throughout by the author as called for, 4to, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (with some part losses). Scarce first edition of Langley's book for children that tells the story of Abu Ali, the son of Aladdin. It was largely on the basis of this work that Langley was selected as a screenwriter for The Wizard of Oz (1939)

(Bloomsbury Group, Jean Shepeard, Doreen Kern, Francis Bacon.) Martin Harrison: 'In Camera - Francis Bacon: Photography, Film and the Practice of Painting', London, Thames & Hudson, 2005, 1st edition, signed & inscribed by Harrison to Doreen Kern (1931–2021), British Postwar & Contemporary artist, sculptor in bronze, niece of the artist and actress Jean Shepeard (1904-1989), "For Doreen with renewed thanks & kindest regards, Martin. Martin Harrison 2005", plus Typed Letter Signed and Autograph Postcard Signed from Harrison to Kern, both 2005, along with other associated ephemera loosely inserted, original cloth lettered in silver, dust wrapper, the book itself with content on Jean Shepeard pages 23, 26 & 79; Jean Shepeard (1904-1989), charcoal portrait on paper, initialled 'JS', 22.5 x 17.5cm, together with a good quantity of ephemera, photocopies/prints of other artworks by Jean Shepeard, Jonathan Poole Gallery letters, invoices, photocopies of correspondence, invoices and related ephemera, two photographs of Jean Shepeard c.1930's/40's (each 24 x 19cm), photocopies of drawings by Shepeard include portraits of Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell, R.O. Dunlop, Edith Sitwell, George Bernard Shaw etc etc, these all having been in the possession of Doreen Kern, who in the 1990's discovered that her reclusive aunt, Jean Shepeard, was a lost member of the Bloomsbury set. After inheriting a large black chest from her late aunt containing various portrait sketches by her and letters and photographs, Doreen Kern set about resurrecting the artistic career of Jean Shepeard posthumously; Peter Cotes: 'Thinking Aloud. Fragments of Autobiography', L, Peter Owen, 1993, 1st edition, signed and inscribed by Cotes to Doreen Kern on title page "To Doreen Kern, for the niece of Jean Shepeard: keeping alive the name of an actress, painter, and above all, her own woman...In memory, from Peter Cotes. August 1996", orig. cloth, dust wrapper; Frances Partridge: 'Good Company. Diaries January 1967-December 1969', 1995, paperback, signed & inscribed to Doreen Kern dated 26th October 1995, orig. wraps; packet containing several letters to Jean Shepeard c.1920's-1950's re her acting career, plays etc, including TLS from Assistant Comptroller, Lord Chamberlain's Office, 4th July 1951, re requesting for omissions to be made in the play "Into Our Charge", plus others including TLS from Anmer Hall, July 19th, 1929, others Holyrood Film Productions, BBC, News Chronicle etc; plus another packet containing a good quantity of colour photographs of artworks by Jean Shepeard etc. Jean Shepeard (1904-1989) was a well known actress and artist. She studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and then trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1925. Sharing a flat with Peggy Ashcroft, in 1928 she bacame a member of the Emotionist Group of painters, musicians, philosophers, poets and actors which had been founded by the artist R.O. Dunlop. In 1929 she exhibited with Francis Bacon and Roy de Maistre in Bacon's Queensbury Mews rooms and in the same year she showed with The Redfern Gallery, London. Her work was admired for the sensitivity, beauty of line, vigour and character of her drawings. Her drawings were then exhibited in 1933 in a one woman show at the Lefevre Gallery in London. Somewhat on the periphery of the Bloomsbury set, Jean Sheapeard went on to exhibit with VAnessa Bell and others at the Modern Picture Library. She also performed in numerous plays at leading theatres along with John Gielgud, Jack Buchanan, Sybil Thorndike and others, and in her later years acting was the main focus of her working life

Alfred Crowquill [i.e. Alfred Henry Forrester], 5 titles/illustrated titles, comprising K.R.H. Mackenzie: 'The Marvellous Adventures and Rare Conceits of Master Tyll Owlglass', L, Trubner, 1860, black and white frontis plus 6 coloured plates by Alfred Crowquill as called for, original pictorial cloth gilt; Alfred Crowquill: 'The Tutor's Assistant, Or Comic Figures of Arithmetic; Slightly Altered and Elucidated from Walking-Game', L, Harwood, 1843, 1st edition, engraved frontis + b/w engraved ills. throughout, original cloth gilt; 'Alfred Crowquill's Tales for Children', L, Routledge, 1864, 3 works in 1, 41 hand coloured engraved illustrations as called for, original blind stamped decorative cloth gilt; 'Strange Surprising Adventures of The Venerable Gooroo Simple And His Five Disciples Noodle, Doodle, Wiseacre, Zany, And Foozle', L, Trubner, 1861, 1st edition, 50 wood engraved ills. including hand coloured frontis as called for, original cloth gilt; 'Seymour's Humorous Sketches, Comprising Eighty-Six Caricature Etchings. Illustrated in Prose and Verse.', L, Bohn, 1861, 1st Bohn edition, 86 etched plates as called for, old half calf gilt. Alfred Henry Forrester (1804-1872) was an English author, illustrator, artist and book designer, who was known under the pseudonym of "Alfred Crowquill". Crowquill’s work on the inside of his books was matched by work on their exteriors. He designed numerous book covers in the 1850s and 60s and probably continued in this line until the end of his career. The Pierpont Morgan Library contains 72 of his original designs in watercolour and graphite for a series of Yellowbacks, part of the collection of the Victorianist Gordon N. Ray, as well as a portfolio of printed versions of the covers. Apart from a brief mention in Ray’s account of Victorian illustration (64–5), this aspect of Crowquill’s work has attracted negligible critical interest, a strange omission given that his productivity makes him one of the foremost designers in the field; he produced far more covers, for example, than John Sleigh or Robert Dudley, and is only second, at least in terms of numbers, to John Leighton. (5)

SIR WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL (1874-1965), Typed Letter Signed to Robert Burns Esq., Harrow hat maker, of 52 High Street, Harrow-on-the-Hill, 1p, 8vo, 10 Downing Street, Whitehall headed paper, dated December 23rd, 1953, content re thanking Mr Burns for sending him a miniature Harrow School straw hat "Dear Mr. Burns, I was very pleased to receive your letter and the gift from your wife of a miniature Harrow Straw. Please accept my warm thanks for your kind thought of me at this time. [signed] yours sincerely, Winston S. Churchill", framed and glazed, theo whole approx. size 21 x 14cm, together with a contemporary example of a miniature Harrow School straw hat produced by Robert Burns hat makers, diameter approx. 14cm, and a c.1980's colour post card of Harrow-on-the-Hill high street, with a manuscript note "WAS Robert Burn's (school hat shop)." and arrow pointing to the premises (being No. 52). Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was one of the most influential figures of the 20th century. His indomitable spirit, eloquent speeches, and unwavering leadership during times of crisis earned him a place among the greatest statesmen in history. In April 1888, aged 13, Winston Churchill narrowly passed the entrance exam for Harrow School. His academics proved high but his teachers complained about his lack of discipline. However, Churchill’s ability to memorise lines, which he later used when he first made public speeches, was already apparent. While at Harrow, he entered a competition and won a School prize for reciting from memory 1,200 lines from Thomas Babington Macaulay’s long poem, Lays of Ancient Rome – a quite remarkable achievement. Churchill’s future interest in soldiering was already evident at Harrow. He joined the Harrow Rifle Corps within weeks of entering the School and, following encouragement from his father, was enrolled in the academic programme to prepare students for Sandhurst (the Royal Military College, now called the Royal Military Academy). In a letter from 1889, Churchill writes to ‘Mamma’, telling her that he has joined the ‘Army class’ and that he is learning French and geometrical drawing and studying for the Shakespeare prize. But his mother was very disappointed in her son, feeling he could achieve much more. In 1890, she wrote: ‘I had built up such hopes about you and felt so proud of you – and now all is gone … your work is an insult to your intelligence. If you would only trace out a plan of action for yourself and carry it out and be determined to do so – I am sure you could accomplish anything you wished.’ Churchill was to return to Harrow many times during his life, most memorably in 1941 during the Second World War, when he gave his famous speech to the boys, ‘Never Give In’. The Harrow School Old Speech Room Gallery has an example of a Harrow school straw hat signed by Sir Winston Spencer Churchill on display. E.A. Laborde’s book, ‘Harrow School: Yesterday & Today’ gives us a short introduction on the appearance of the Harrow School straw hat. Its first appearance was on the cricket fields of Harrow. Charles Wordsworth (OH, 1820-1825) recalls his straw hat being broken by a ball after fielding near a batsman. In the 1830s, it became a popular item of dress in the summer term, but it was not until later that they were permitted to be used instead of the top hats, except on Sundays. The famous two-inch low crown dates from the 1860s but the brim length was narrow up to 1873. Between 1873-1877, the brim widened gradually until its present breadth of three inches. Notable makers of Harrow hats include E. Chatham, and her grandson E.A. Burns. It is suspected that E. Chatham, who had established a hatter’s shop on the Hill in 1830, was the ‘inventor’ of the shallow crown boater hat. Robert Burns was presumably the son of E.A. Burns and continued the family business, and was active making hats at 52 Harrow high street in the early to mid C20th. Provenance: by descent. Robert Burns was the Great Uncle (Grandfather's brother) of the vendor

Eight first editions etc by women authors, of which 6 signed, all original cloth, dust wrappers, comprising Doris Lessing, 3 titles: 'Landlocked. Book Four of Children of Violence', London, Macgibbon & Kee, 1965, 1st edition, 'Ben, in the World', L, Flamingo, 2000, 1st edition, signed on title page, 'The Grandmothers', L, Flamingo, 2003, 1st edition, signed on title page, Penelope Lively: 'Moon Tiger', Nadine Gordimer: 'The Essential Gesture', NY, Knopf, 1988, 1st US edition, signed on half title, Minette Walters, 3 titles: 'The Ice House', L, Macmillan, 1992, 1st edition, 'The Dark Room', L, Macmillan, 1995, 1st edition, signed on title page, 'Acid Row', L, Macmillan, 2001, 1st edition, signed on title page, plus Penelope Lively: 'Moon Tiger', 1987, 4th impression, signed & inscribed on title page (8)

(Rag Books, Original Artwork.) A collection of Dean's Rag Books and other cloth children's books, plus a good quantity of original artwork for Dean's Rag Books, comprising Mildred C. Hunter (ill.): 'Animals and their Little Ones', Dean's Rag Book Co, c.1922, No.62, [12]pp, illustrated throughout, original limp cloth pictorial wrappers (VGC), plus 5 others Dean's including 'Country Life', c.1950, 'Things We Do', c.1950, two copies, one of which in original Dean's Rag Book film front packet, and Dean's Cloth Books numbers 3 & 5, both in original Dean's packaging, all VGC, together with 28 original watercolour & ink artworks for various Dean's Rag Books, including complete set of 8 watercolour & ink artworks for 'My Puppy', [nd], c.1950's, number 6111/8, being the illustrations for front and rear covers and 6 internal leaves of illustrations, each on board, each approx 19 x 18cm; set of 8 orig. watercolour & ink illustrations for 'Speed', [nd], c.1930's, number 337, being illustrations for front and rear covers (approx. 15 x 11cm) and 6 internal leaves of illustrations including motor bus, ocean liner, streamline engine etc; possible set of 8 orig. watercolour & ink illustrations for 'In the Country', [nd], c.1920's, number 322, being ills. for front and rear covers (25 x 17cm), and 6? internal leaves of illustrations of cockerel, pigs, lambs etc (22 x 15cm), all except rear cover signed in initials "D.V." by artist; plus 4 others similar orig. watercolour & ink artworks of animals for Dean's Rag Books; plus 6 other limp cloth bound children's books c.1950's-1970's, of which 3 Walt Disney and 3 Bancroft

(Gastronomy, Cookery.) A collection of 24 assorted titles, including a manuscript cookery recipt book, ownership signature/inscription at front "Cookery Book. Sage. M. Ward. 1890", 52pp manuscript index + 83 m/s numbered pages of m/s cookery recipes, rebound quarter morocco gilt; plus others facsimile edition of Hannah Glasse 'The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy', 1971, facs of 1796 edition; plus others Eliza Acton, Mrs Dalgairns, Frances Parkinson Keyes, Elizabeth Craig, Theodora FitzGibbon, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, 'The Oyster Book' by Louis P. De Gouy, confectionery, The Alice in wonderland Cook Book, Filippini 'The International Cook Book' 1907, etc etc (24)

William Nicholson: 'The Pirate Twins', London, Faber & Faber, [1929], 1st edition, 28 full page colour illustrations by William Nicholson as called for, colour illustrated front and rear pastedowns ("For From" gift portion not filled in), oblong 4to (19 x 25cm), original pictorial paper covered boards by Nicholson, original glassine dust wrapper (a scarce surviving example of the original glassine, and almost entirely intact). The second book for children by Sir William Nicholson (1872-1949), painter and illustrator, whose "natural sympathy with children produced work of great charm such as The Pirate Twins" (ODNB)

Ida S. Rentoul Outhwaite, 6 titles, comprising: 'Mollie’s Bunyip', Melbourne, Robert Jolley, 1904, 1st edition, [50]pp, illustrated throughout, some leaves at front and end creased/worn, oblong 4to (21 x 24cm), original stitched pictorial wraps (worn). First book by the Outhwaites; 'Australian Songs for Young and Old.', George Robertson & Co., 1907. 1st printing. Landscape Folio, 30.3. x 25cm, pictorial card wraps, with original gold cord binding. 32pp of words and music for nine songs including a dedication page 'To Her Excellency The Lady Northcote' and nine full page black and white illustrations by Ida Rentoul (Outhwaite); 'More Australian Songs For Young and Old', Allan & Co., Prop. Ltd, 1914. Imperial Edition No. 337, Landscape Folio, 30.7 x 23.8cm pictorial card wraps with staple binding. 36pp of words and music for eight songs and eight full page black and white illustrations and others throughout by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. An unusual very early printing with 2/6 price (2/9 posted) on the rear cover and with the publisher location listed as Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Bendigo only; QUIN, Tarella. 'Gum Tree Brownie and other Faerie Folk of the Never-Never.', George Robertson & Co., 1907. 1st Edition, 2nd Issue with text corrected to "A ride on a comet". 22 x 19cm landscape green cloth with bevelled edges and red & black stamped decoration and titles to the front. All edges green, marble endpapers vi, 184pp, with black and white illustrations by Ida Rentoul (Outhwaite) throughout; 'Bunny and Brownie The Adventures of George & Wiggle.', A & C Black, 1930, 1st Edition, 8 colour plates + 8 b/w plates as called for, 4to, orig. cloth backed boards, printed paper label to front cover, dust wrapper; Plus 'Little Green Road to Fairlyland', 1925 reprint, original cloth, dust wrapper. (6)

(Suffolk, Wortham.) [Ambrose Wretts.] A large manuscript account book, compiled 1772-1780 in the Wortham area of Suffolk, recording sale of all manner of grocery & general goods including tobacco, cloth, nails, lump sugar, green tea etc., entries mainly Wortham but also Burgate, Palgrave, Mellis, Rickinghall, Botesdale, Banham etc, contemporary m/s inscription to inside front cover "Ambrose Wretts Bought this Book Augt. 12th 1772" c.600pp of manuscript entries, some ff. at beginning and end loose, ledger folio (42 x 17cm), original vellum (very worn)

Illustrated Works Thirteen good works. Robert Louis Stevenson. 'Prayers Written At Vailma,' illuminated and chromolithographed by Alberto Sangorski, nibbles and loss to unclipped dj, original Japanese vellum, contemporary ink inscription to ffep, vg, Chatto & Windus, London, 1910; Don Marquis. 'Archy's Life of Mehitabel,' 9th impression, clipped dj, vg, Faber & Faber, London, 1950; 'Lettering for Schools and Colleges for the Office & Workshop Containing 42 Complete Alphabets....,' printed paper backed onto card, rubbed with some loss to lettering, vg contents, G. W. Bacon & Co, London, n.d; 'Syke's Manual of Penmanship,' card backed by cloth, some soiling, ink inscriptions to ffep, text block debound, pp.40, a scarce work, R. S. Crystal Manchester, n.d; 'Church Decoration. A Practical Manual of Appropriate Ornamentation,' original green cloth with gilt decorations, 16 coloured full plates and other illustrations throughout, vg, Frederick Warne & Co, London, n.d; With eight other works including 'The Children's Book of Warplanes', 'The Nursery Picture Book', two first editions thus by Kenneth Grahame, a very good 'Larouse Illustre', &c. &c. (13)

Cornwall Interest A quantity of books related to the county, Truro and other towns within, S. Baring Gould, 'Cornish Characters and Strange Events' with twenty full-page illustrations reproduced from old prints, etc. 2nd Series, John Lane, the Bodley Head Limited; Robert Hunt (Editor), Popular Romances of The West of England or The Drolls, Traditions & Superstitions of Old Cornwall', with illustrations by George Cruikshank', a New Impression, Chatto & Windus, 1930; Collins C. Trelawny, 'Peranzabuloe the Lost Church Found: Or the Church of England Not a New Church, But Ancient, Apostolical, and Independent and a Protesting Chuch Nine Hundered Years Before the Reformation', third edition, Printed for J. G. & F. Rivington, London, 1838; RichardEdmonds, 'The Land`s End District : its Antiquities ...', folding map, 6 plates, original cloth, 1862; together with other books and leaflets related to the country (Qty)

(Cornwall) Six guides 'Wood's Hand-Book to Cornwall, with Map and Illustrations,' original embossed red cloth with gilt tooled depiction of St Michael's Mount to front board, fold out map detaching from front pastedown, text block splitting from binding, good, W. Wood, Devonport, [circa 1865]; G. A. Cooke. 'Topographical Survey of the County of Cornwall,' rebound in full leather with silver gilt letter, fold out frontis map of Cornwall, some toning but generally vg, pp.167, C. Cooke, London, n.d; Walter H. Tregellas. 'Tourist;s Guide to Cornwall and the Scilly Isles,' second edition, some staining to original cloth, tape repairs to fold out map, text block splitting from cloth, vg text block, pp.147, advertisements to the rear, Edward Stanford, London, 1880; With three other works including a Murray's guide to Cornwall 1879 and two guides on Penzance. (6)'Wood's Hand-Book to Cornwall, with Map and Illustrations,' sun bleaching to back strip and slightly bumped at both ends, corners are turned in, fold out map detaching from front pastedown, text block splitting from binding, ink inscription to ffep with some small nibbles to fore edge, light sporadic spotting to edge of text block, pp.172 runs true, pp.10 publishers catalogue to rear, generally good.G. A. Cooke. 'Topographical Survey of the County of Cornwall,' spotting to fold out map particularly verso, toning throughout being stronger towards head, pp.167 runs true, textblock is good and tight, binding is very good.Walter H. Tregellas. 'Tourist's Guide to Cornwall and the Scilly Isles,' mottled and stained cloth with extremities lightly rubbed, tape repairs to verso of fold out map with recto presenting very well, some light finger soiling and one or two instances of spotting, the text block is detaching from the cloth, good to very good, pp.147 runs true.'Murray's guide to Cornwall,' ink stains to rear board, bumped extremities, small amount of spotting to the fore edge of text block towards the head, vg throughout, pp.156 runs true, pp.72 of advertisement sto rear a particular highlight.Two limp back tour guides suffer a couple of instances of spotting to edges of text blocks, otherwise very good indeed.

(Cornwall) Twenty four works J. B. Cornish. 'Mate's Illustrated Penzance,' second edition, original wraps, staple bound, b+w photographic illustrations throughout, vg, advertisements, W. Mate & Sons, Bournemouth, 1904; Canon G. H. Doble. 'Old Penzance and St. Mary's Chapel,' ink inscription from the author to front printed wrap, staple bind, vg, The King Stone Press, Shipston-On-Stour, 1943; P. A. S. Pool. 'The Life and Progress of Henry Quick of Zennor,' first edition, card wraps, vg, Obtainable from the author, 1963; Frank Baron. 'Ma'tha Madder. A Cornish Character,' first edition, card wraps, vg, John W. Saundry, Penzance [1952]; With twenty others including 'The St. Austell Recipe Book', Arthur Caddicks 'One Hundred Doors Are Open', 'Cornish Yarns' by Frank Baron &c. &c. (24)

(World War One Poets) Twelve works. Robert Stanley Weir. 'After Ypres mand Other Verse,' first edition, original cloth with some sun bleaching, extra glassine wrap, vg, The Musson Book Co, Toronto, 1917; John Collinson Hobson. 'Poems, Etc.' first edition, cloth backed boards, light spotting to ege of text block, photographic frontis of the author, extremely scarce with WorldCat stating in only four libraries, published posthumously with Dobson killed in action 3rd Battle of Ypres 1917, privately printed by Basil Blackwell, 1920; Rowlands Coldicott. 'Fairwell to Eygpt and other Wartime Verses,' first edition, cloth backed boards, large spot to edge of text block otherwise vg, published by the Author, 1933; Lieut. S. B. MacLeod. 'Poems of Love and War,' first edition, original cloth, vg, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, London, 1918; Maurice Baring. 'Poems: 1914-1919,' first edition, cloth backed boards, remnants of scarce dj pasted to boards with loss, vg, Martin Secker, London, 1920; With seven other good works. (12)

An eclectic mix of books. SKELTON, Robin. 'John Ruskin: The final Years. A Survey of the Ruskin Correspondence in the John Rylands Library,' flat signed and inscribed 'Nothing less than a full signature is appropriate for such a learned work!' to title page, reprinted from the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library vol.37, original printed thin card wraps, toning throughout, pp.24 numbered as 562-586, The Librarian, The John Rylands Library, Manchester University Press, 1955; Dr Antonio Pensfiel. 'Etimologias Le Monbres de Lugar,' segunda parte, quarter cloth, some repairs, good, Oficina Tipografica De La Secretaria De Fomento, Mexico, 1897; 'the Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature,' a defunct copy with debound front board and prelims including titlepage, 1000's of steel engravings throughout, Charles Cox, London, n.d; With approx thirty other books including Faberls book of Insects, Two first edition Hugh Loftings, The Journal of Indian Textile History, Lithographs by Henri de Toulson Lautrec, &c, &c. (30+)

Lewis, C. S. 1955 The Magician's Nephew. Publ. The Bodley Head, London. First edition in orig. clipped dust wrapper with jacket design by Pauline Baynes. Dust wrapper with black marker pen in child's hand having overwritten the titles to spine, not affecting unicorn image or publisher's logo, spine otherwise a touch sunned and chipped to the head and tail, extremities a little bumped and the odd scuff to the front board, tear to rear upper corner resulting in loss and rear board with discolouration, stains and some light damage; book itself in very good condition with one spot to the front board and light wear to the head of the spine but no clean of prior owner's inscriptions, with just light spotting to foredge not affecting text. The penultimate work in the Narnia series. 8vo.

Modern first editions. A collection of approx. forty-five modern first editions, majority hardback in dust wrappers. The lot to include Better Than Sex by Hunter S. Thompson, Tales of Little Grey Rabbit, Alison Uttley, Wonder by R. J. Palacio, Wilfred Owen - A Critical Study by D. S. R. Welland, Dr. Gully by Elizabeth Jenkins, The Poems of Smudge Book II by Tom Hoy signed & with presentation to ffep, From Under the Rubble by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, A Coat of Varnish by C. P. Snow, The World in the Evening by Christopher Isherwood, The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, Angel of Death by Jack Higgins, Harm Done by Ruth Rendell, and others. Approx. 45 in lot, 8vo.

Modern first editions. A collection of first and early editions. The lot to include The Devil's Own Luck by David Donachie, The Story of a Non-Marrying Man by Doris Lessing, The Light Invisible by Robert Benson, Peace Work Volume 7 by Spike Milligan, Dead Fingers Talk by William S. Burroughs, Ghosts ed. Elliott O'Donnell, The King of Beasts by Ronald Searle, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot (10th impression), two copies of 1984 by George Orwell (1954 reprints), Shadow of Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer (second impression), 1976 Watership Down by Richard Adams (reprint), If the Old Could by Jane Somers [Doris Lessing], Snowflake by Paul Gallico, The Three Gentlemen by A. E. W. Mason, and Unconditional Surrender by Evelyn Waugh, A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke, London So Help Me by Winifred Ellis, Searle in the Sixties, and A Diverting History of John Gilpin by William Cowper King Penguin ed. illus Searle. Approx. 32 books in lot, majority in dws. 8vo.

Wright's Book of Poultry, revised and edited in accordance with the latest Poultry Club standards. By S. H. Lewer of 'The Feathered World' assisted by leading specialists. With thirty coloured plates and numerous other black and white vignette illustrations. Publisher's original full cloth binding, damp staining to boards, edges bumped, tape repair to front pastedown, text smart. 4to.

to include a twin department rectangular cigarette case; wine goblet by S Blanckensee & Son Ltd; silver mounted address book; silver mounted glass jar; Dressing table set. (quantity)* Some pieces with dents and surface marks etc, overall good.

Nightingale (Florence, 1820-1910), English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Storm Warriors; or Life-Boat Work on the Goodwin Sands, by the Rev. John Gilmore, M.A., Fifth Thousand, London: Macmillan and Co., 1875, wood-engraved frontispiece, 32 pp. publisher’s catalogue at rear, signed and dated manuscript poem in black ink for Miss Rye from Florence Nightingale to front free endpaper verso (somewhat spotted), additionally inscribed in pencil by Florence Nightingale on the facing page (frontispiece recto), ‘Miss Rye: Sister of Magdalen Ward’, inner hinges cracked, original blue cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and soiled, spine darkened, minor fraying to spine ends, 8vo, preserved in a 20th-century cloth book box with two spine labels, rubbedQTY: (1)NOTE:An unusual and affectionate presentation inscription to an early nursing sister on Magdalen ward at St Thomas’s Hospital. Florence Nightingale’s signed presentation inscription reads:’Miss Rye:God help the ‘forlorn hope’!God protect the poor womenin a worse ship wreck than these!God bless their dear ‘Sister’, and helper!their good ‘Life-boat’!And God prosper the good cause!Florence NightingaleFeb 1/77’Miss Rye was Mary Ann Cubitt Rye (1837-1919), better known as Annie Rye. She was one of the early trainees at the Nightingale Nursing School at St Thomas’s Hospital, who began training there in 1876 at the age of 38. She stayed on as sister in charge of the Magdalen ward, resigning in 1881 to join her older sister Maria in Canada. Maria Susan Rye (1829-1903) was a leading figure in the mid-19th-century women’s movement in England, serving as secretary of the association that promoted the Married Women’s Property Bill and as a founding member of the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women. She was honorary secretary of the Female Middle-Class Emigration Society, and through this work turned her attention to the rescue of poorhouse and orphaned children, the work for which she is best known in Canada. Annie died a spinster in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, in 1919.It is unclear why Florence Nightingale chose to give Annie Rye this specific book about lifeboat stories that happened off the Kent coast, though Nightingale’s brief original verse suggests she is comparing the life-saving role of hospital sisters to that of lifeboats. The first verse alludes to the old sense of a ‘forlorn hope’, that is a band of soldiers chosen to take the vanguard in an often suicidal assault or rearguard defence, where casualties could be high. The ‘poor women in a worse ship wreck than these’ may reference the female patients or, more likely, the trainee nurses working under Miss Rye, many of whom were learning a new profession and redeeming themselves from terrible lives.Provenance: The family of Geraldine Howard La Coste Temperley (1914-1997), Florence Nightingale’s first cousin twice removed and one of the first close family members to train as a nurse, attending the Nightingale Training School at St Thomas’s Hospital, completing her training in 1939. 

* Mill (John Stuart, 1806-1873), English philosopher, political economist and politician. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘J S Mill’, Monday 11 o’clock, 12 July 1824, to John Bowring, ‘My father [James Mill] thinks that a good book for me to take in hand would be Brodie's History or Charles I and the Commonwealth, reviewed in the last Edinburgh Review. I shall be better able to tell you the reasons when we meet. I should like however to have the book on the French revolution as soon as convenient. I have not heard yet whether you intend to make any use of the former article for the forthcoming no. If not I should wish to have it back as soon as you have done with it for the present’, 1 page with integral address leaf (with Bowring’s name only), signed and dated by Mill and docketed by the recipient to first leaf verso, some creasing and light browning, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: The Autograph Collection of Martha Spriggs (1777-1866).George Brodie’s A History of the British Empire from the Accession of Charles I to the Restoration was first published in 4 volumes in 1822. The review referred to [by Francis Jeffery] appeared in the Edinburgh Review, vol. 40, March 1824, pp. 92-146. John Stuart Mill’s (anonymous) review of the work appeared in the Westminster Review, vol. 2, October 1824, pp. 346-402. John Bowring (1792-1872) was an early contributor to the Westminster Review, (founded and funded by Jeremy Bentham), becoming editor in 1825. The precocious Mill was only 18 at the time of writing this letter and publishing his lengthy review.

Diana (1961-1997), Princess of Wales, the first wife of King Charles III (when Prince of Wales). Heart of Britain, 1st edition, London: Bookman, 1996, colour illustrated with photographs throughout, frontispiece showing Diana, Princess of Wales, seated with some of the children at Royal Brompton Hospital, the facing printed Foreword by Princess Diana, with a reproduction of her autograph in black beneath and a genuine ink autograph signature in blue ink added adjacent, 'Diana', original cloth in dust jacket, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:The Heart of Britain campaign was launched in 1996 to raise funds in aid of Royal Brompton Hospital's Appeal to boost research into heart and lung disease. The book contains a selection of images sent in by the public to illustrate the theme, and was itself sold to help raise funds for the campaign. The book launch was a breakfast reception at Harrods on 15 October 1996. A printed invitation card to the book launch is included with lot, along with a photograph showing Diana signing the book [?for Edwin Kohn] with Jeremy Beadle looking on. Also included is a related copy of the Daily Mirror, 1 July 1996. and two unrelated typed thank you letters to Edwin Kohn of Walter Kohn Ltd, from BHS's David Dworkin and Kate Garvey as Private Secretary to the Prime Minister [Tony Blair].

Churchill (Winston Spencer, 1874-1965), British statesman and writer, British Prime Minister 1940-1945 & 1951-1955. The Victory Book. Dedicated to all the Peoples of the World who Kept the Flame of Freedom Burning in Mankind's Darkest Hour, 1st edition, London: Odhams Press, [1945], a few colour and numerous black & white illustrations throughout, mostly from photographs, title-page signed by 'Winston S. Churchill, 1946' and 'Clementine S. Churchill' in blue fountain pen ink, additionally signed by 11 other leaders beneath or on their photographs on pp. 21-31, including General Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa and Lord Wavell, Viceroy of India (at foot of a photomontage on p. 21), Field-Marshal Montgomery of Alamein, Sir Arthur Tedder (signature slightly smudged), Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, Sir Arthur Harris (blue ballpoint pen), Field-Marshal Sir Harold Alexander, Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Field-Marshall Sir Alan Brooke, Sir Andrew Cunningham (a little smudged with ink spots to text of facing page) and Sir Charles Portal, front free endpaper removed with glued blank paper remains evident at gutter margin of title, minor tear with minimal loss to lower blank margin of pp. 31-34, lower outer corners slightly creased, original red synthetic cloth with gilt-titled spine and upper cover blocked in blind, heavily rubbed with a little wear to extremities, corners bruised and spine partly faded, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: The Autograph Collection of Peter Bland (1928-2003).An extraordinary and unique copy of this illustrated record of the events of World War Two. Peter Bland was a determined autograph collector who managed to doorstep world leaders and notable people from his youngest days. Peter would have been still a teenage schoolboy when he obtained the autographs of both the Churchills and the other undated autographs were no doubt obtained opportunistically over a period of time.Ordinarily, copies of this very common book can be picked up second-hand for a few pounds!

Nightingale (Florence, 1820-1910). Notes on Matters Affecting the Health, Efficiency, and Hospital Administration of the British Army, [with:] Subsidiary Notes as to the Introduction of Female Nursing into Military Hospitals in Peace and in War, 2 volumes, both 1st editions, London: Harrison and Sons, 1858, 7 plates (one colour-printed and all but one folding), provenance inscriptions in a later hand to front flyleaf, uncut and largely unopened in original light blue printed wrappers, upper cover of second volume inscribed ‘Confidential’ in ink in a unidentified contemporary hand, soiled and worn, stitching to second volume partly perished with first gathering detached, covers detached and spines deficient, thick 8vo/8vo, together with: Nightingale (Florence, 1820-1910), Introductory Notes on Lying-In Institutions. Together with a Proposal for Organising an Institution for Training Midwives and Midwifery Nurses, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1871, 5 plates including one folding, 16-page publisher’s catalogue at rear, dated September 1871, partly uncut and unopened, identical provenance inscription (as above) to half-title, original cloth, covers damp-soiled and detached, backstrip deficient, stitching partly broken and some leaves detached, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: Anecdotally, these books are asserted to have originally belonged to Florence Nightingale, though this is unproven. All three books have identical provenance inscriptions, possibly written by Sibella Bonham Carter, who gifted them to the vendor’s mother, Geraldine Temperley (1914-1997), who was Florence Nightingale’s first cousin twice removed. Geraldine Howard La Coste Temperley (née Bartrop, 1914-1997) was one of the first close family members to train as a nurse, attending the Nightingale Training School at St Thomas’s Hospital, completing her training in 1939. The provenance note in each book reads:‘This belonged to Florence Nightingale given by Joanna Bonham Carter, executor, to Sibella Bonham Carter and by her to Geraldine Temperley, all the kin of F.N., March 1947’.Due to the great number of Bonham Carters and repeating first names there is some ambiguity and confusion. There were four executors for Florence Nightingale’s estate, most notably a favourite first cousin of hers, Henry Bonham Carter (1827-1921). From 1861 to 1914 Henry acted as Secretary to the Nightingale Fund established to train nurses and midwives, where a scheme was launched at St Thomas’s Hospital in London in 1860, known as the Nightingale School of Nursing.Bishop and Goldie, Florence Nightingale, nos. 3, 50 & 102. The first two volumes are very rare, copies only appearing at auction twice before.Henry married Sibella Charlotte Norman (1837-1914), and among their 12 children were Joanna Frances Bonham Carter (1864-1950) and Walter Henry Bonham Carter (1866-1947). The most likely correction and clarification of the provenance notes, if the essence of them is true, is that the books belonged to Henry Bonham Carter who, as Nightingale’s executor may have retained them. They then passed to his daughter Joanna who in turn gave them to her niece Sibella Mary Bonham-Carter (1899-2005). Like her aunt Joanna this Sibella (an artist) never married or had children and she in turn gave them to Geraldine Temperley in 1947. The ‘first cousin twice removed’ relationship between Florence Nightingale and Geraldine originates from shared ancestors, William Smith MP (1756-1835) and Frances Coape (1758-1840).These first two works formed the foundation for all nursing, administrative, and sanitary reforms in the British Army during the Crimean War. Although completed in August 1857, Notes on Matters Affecting the Health, Efficiency, and Hospital Administration of the British Army, was not commercially published. It was considered unsuitable for the report to be available before the Royal Commission on the Sanitary State of the Army, a commission which Nightingale convinced Lord Panmure (Secretary of State) to instigate in October 1856. When the latter report appeared the following January, it contained an appendix with a mass of official correspondence on the care of the sick and wounded during the Crimean War which Nightingale immediately incorporated in her own Notes 'while the proof sheets ... were passing through the press'. The last-minute incorporation of this material explains the erratic pagination of the work, the additions being on pages with Roman numerals. To this end, Sir Edward Cook, Nightingale's biographer, acknowledged Notes as ‘probably the least known, but … the most remarkable of Miss Nightingale's works...'. The Notes were printed at Nightingale’s own expense for private circulation among influential people, and they show her as a major innovator in the collection, tabulation, and interpretation of descriptive statistics; someone who recognised the value of the idea that social phenomena could be objectively measured and subjected to mathematical analysis.Subsidiary Notes is developed and expanded from the 'tentative and experimental Memorandum' on Female Nurses in Military Hospitals (1857), and really constitutes a treatise on nursing at large. Nightingale’s much better known Notes on Nursing, published two years later, was an abridged version of the detailed study which had gone into this earlier, privately printed book.

LP's to include Big Brother & The Holding Company - Cheap Thrills (S 63392, UK, 1973 repress), Patrick Woodroffe / Dave Greenslade - The Pentateuch Of The Cosmogony (EMSP 332, UK, 2x vinyl book sleeve, 1979) and Tom Waits - The Heart Of Saturday Night (AS 53 035, EU, reissue), other artists include Jethro Tull, Lou Reed, Carole King, Gryphon, Steve Hackett, Professor Longhair, The Blasters, J.J. Cale, Kingfish, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Bob Dylan, The Moody Blues and The Byrds. (20).Often VG, occasionally sleeves are showing storage/ moisture damage and peeling, J.J. Cale - Naturally has a heavily damaged sleeve, feel free to ask for condition reports or extra images of specific records.

Natural History Interest to include Fabre (Jean Henri) Insect Adventures, New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1967; Free (John) Bumblebees, London: Collins, 1959, Bristowe (W. S.) A Book of Spiders, London: The King Penguin Books, 1947 (K35), Barclay-Smith (Phyllis) Garden Birds, London: The King Penguin Books, 1946 (K19); Coombes(R.A.H.) Mountain Birds, London: The King Penguin Books, 1952 (K67)

6 x Children s Books, All of which are Signed by The Author Includes The Soulkids Book of Self Confidence by Vikas Malkani and Sally Forrest, Take Care, Son The Story of My Dad and His Dementia by Tony Husband, The Children s Lottery by E R Reilly, The Adventures of The Great Alfonso (And His Brother Ronnie) by Maggie Whitley, More Muck And Less Money by Joyce Wilson, Utterly Me, Clarice Bean by Lauren Child. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Through The Fray A Tale of the Luddite by G. A. Henty. A Hardback Book. Published Circa 1950's. 384 Pages. Spine in poor Condition. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

A collection of George V and later miniature hallmarked silver and white metal items. The lot to include an Edward VII miniature book of common prayer. The book having a silver mounted front chased after Reynolds with the "Cherub Choir". Hallmarked for Birmingham,1904 with makers mark for H C & S Ltd. A George V tortoiseshell and silver pen nib cleaner. Hallmarked for London, 1918 makers mark partially rubbed A miniature vanity mirror hallmarked for Birmingham, 1938 with makers mark for Crisford & Norris Ltd. A white metal combination propelling pencil, knife and tooth pick. unmarked, surface tests indicate silver in parts. Combined weight approx 150g. Measures approx 4.4cm x 0.8cm / 7cm x 4.5cm. 

A HARRIS'S OF CRADLEY HEATH 1950'S ADVERTISING PARCEL TAPE, PLUS AN 1899 BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER