Autumn Book Sale

Burton (R), Tales from the Gulistan, 1928. 9 full-page illustrations by Kettlewell £60-80

Powys (JC), Lucifer, 1956. No.288 of the edition limited to 560 copies, signed by author. In protective glassine wrapper. Together with Lionel Ed

Murdoch (I), The Nice and the Good, 1968. 1st edn. Front inside of dustwrapper creased; Lee (L), As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, 1969. 1st

Deighton (L), Horse Under Water, 1963. 1st edn. Dustwrapper torn/creased where bottom of front board meets spine, small cloth crease on front boa

Doyle (AC), The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1894. 3rd edn. Very rubbed copy in Newnes' pictorial cloth £40-60

Somerville (E) & Ross (M), 12 vols. Some Irish Yesterdays, All on the Irish Shore, An Irish Cousin, Some Experiences of an Irish RM, Further E...

Pope (D), Governor Ramage RN, 1973. Also Ramage's Prize, ..Diamond, ..Mutiny, ..Signal, ..Devil, Ramage & the Guillotine, ..& the Rebel...

Galsworthy (J), The Works (Manaton edition), 1923-36. Vols I-XXV only from set no.41 of 530 (Vol I signed by Galsworthy on reverse of half-title)

Raven (S), A Sorceror Dwells, 1951. A 147pp typescript by Simon Raven of King's College Cambridge dated on the last page 11-11-51. It appears ...

V Hijina Petra Velikago - Feeling of Peace, Love and Goodwill in the House of Peter the Great, 1833. Presumably produced in St Petersburg (in Rus

Lear (E), The Book of Nonsense to which is added More Nonsense, nd. Landscape format; with Doyle (R), Manners & Customs of ye Englyshe .., nd(c...

Ralegh (W), The History of the World, 1736. 11th edn, 2 vols (in one). Folio, portrait frontispiece & 8 folding engraved maps. Fine copy in a ...

Huxley (Aldous), Eyeless in Gaza, 1936. 1st edition. Original buff cloth £100-120

Heinlein (Robert A), The Man Who Sold the Moon, Chicago 1950. Original binding and dust wrapper; with one other US sci-fi 1st edn. (2) £40-60

Wyndham (John), The Seeds of Time, 1956. 1st edn. Black cloth in dust wrapper £40-60

Ballard (JG), The Crystal World, 1966. 1st edn. In dust wrapper £40-60

Braine (John), The Vodi, 1959. 1st edn with dust wrapper, indentation mark to front board, author's signature on front endpaper; together with...

Burgess (Anthony), Little Wilson and Big God, 1987: Burgess (Anthony), You've Had Your Time, 1990. Both 1st edns in dust wrappers, both with aut...

Higgins (Jack), Exocet, 1983. 1st edn in dustwrapper; together with 19 other modern first editions, all in dustwrappers (20) £80-100

McEwan (Ian), The Child in Time, 1987. 1st edn in dustwrapper. Together with 19 other modern first editions, all in dustwrappers (20) £80-120

Fowles (John), Mantissa, 1982. 1st edn in dustwrapper; together with 19 other modern first editions in dustwrappers (20) £80-120

Updike (John). The Witches of Eastwick, New York 1984. 1st US trade edition. Lavendar cloth in dustwrapper; together with 19 other modern first edi

Kelman (James), A Disaffection, 1989; Hardie & Baird, 1991; Greyhound for Breakfast, 1987; The Burn, 1991. All 1st edns in dustwrappers; togethe...

Highsmith (Patricia), Found in the Street, 1986. 1st edn in dustwrapper; together with 10 other modern firsts in dustwrappers, 1 publishers' p...

Greene G, The Quiet American, 1955. 1st edn. Book Society bookplate £30-40

Greene (G), A Burnt Out Case, 1961. In dustwrapper £20-30

Beaconsfield (Earl of), Novels & Tales, 1881. 11 vol set, Octavo (the Hughenden Edition). In half-leather by Bayntun, spines uniformly faded. ...

Wodehouse (PG), A Few Quick Ones, 1959 ; with (by same author) Plum Pie, 1966; Do Butlers Burgle Banks?, 1968; Sunset at Blandings, 1977; these f

Wodehouse (PG), Service With a Smile, 1962 ; With (by same author) Joy in the Morning, nd(1947); Pearls Girls and Monty Bodkin, 1972; these three

Knight (C), The Plays of Shakspere, nd(c1880). 6 vols folio. Large photogravure illus throughout. In original pictorial cloth £40-60

Gaspey (T), The History of England, nd(c1855). 6 vols quarto. Illustrated throughout. Contemporary half-leather binding; with two other miscellan

Taxatio Ecclesiastica Angliae et Walliae Auctoritate P Nicholai IV circa AD1291 - Printed by Command of HM King George III in Pursuance of an address

Deighton (Len), Mamista, 1991. Scarlet cloth gilt, in a scarlet cloth slipcase gilt-blocked 'Harrods Limited Editions'. Title-page signed a...

Disraeli (B), Tancred, 1847. 2nd edition in 3 vols. Disraeli (B), Sybil, 1845. 3rd edition in 3 vols. Disraeli (B), Vivian Grey, 1827. 3rd edition

(Addison & Steele), The Spectator, nd(c1760). 8 vols, each with engraved frontispiece. (Contemporary full leather worn; two title labels absen...

Shaw (L), The History of the Province of Moray, 1882. 3 vols, original green cloth; Last Leaves of Traditional Ballads & Ballad Airs, pub. Buc...

Fleming (I), Thunderball, 1961. 1st edn. A good copy in a dustwrapper worn at all extremities. Ownership inscription in pencil on front endpaper<

Fleming (I), On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1963. 2nd impression. In a marked dustwrapper, ownership inscription on the front endpaper £...

Fleming (I), From Russia With Love, 1957. 1st edn. In a dustwrapper worn at the extremities £200-300

Fleming (Ian), Moonraker, 1955. 1st edition. In dustwrapper (worn at extremities). Shaken copy, broken internally at the start of gathering B. Pre

Fleming (Ian), Diamonds are Forever, 1956. 1st edition. In dustwrapper (worn at extremities) £500-600

Fleming (Ian), From Russia With Love, 1957. 1st edition. In dustwrapper (worn at extremites) £200-300

Fleming (Ian), Dr No, 1958. 1st edition in dustwrapper (slight wear). Stain on bottom of fore-edge. Owner's visiting card stuck to front free ...

Fleming (Ian), Goldfinger, 1959. 1st edition in dustwrapper £200-300

Fleming (Ian), For Your Eyes Only, 1960. 1st edition in dustwrapper £240-280

Fleming (Ian), Thunderball, 1961. 1st edition in dustwrapper. £200-240

Fleming (Ian), The Spy Who Loved Me, 1962. 1st edition in dustwrapper. Bookplate and owners names on front free endpaper £180-220

Fleming (Ian), On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1963. 1st edition in dustwrapper (worn at extremities) £160-180

Fleming (Ian), You Only Live Twice, 1964. 1st edition in dustwrapper £160-180

Fleming (Ian), The Man With The Golden Gun, 1965. 1st edition in dustwrapper (worn at extremities). Stain on top edge and at the foot of the fore

Ripon Millenary 1886. Hinges tender. Plus Ruskin J, Modern Painters, 1888. 5 vols, quarto. A working set in original brown cloth (6) £30-40

Conrad (J), (The Works), 1925. The Medallion edition in 22 volumes, including the two additional volumes usually not present. Dark blue cloth gil

Stevenson (RL), (The Works), 1924-25. 25 volume set in gilt-lettered dark blue cloth: the Waverley Edition (25) £100-120

Stevenson (RL), (The Works), 1911. 25 vols in black cloth: the Swanston Edition: set 1895 of 2000 (25) £100-120

Greene (G), A Burnt-Out Case, 1961. 1st edn in dustwrapper; together with Christie (A), The Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side, 1962 (1st in dus...

Tolkien (JRR), The Book of Lost Tales I & II, 1986. The Guild Publishing edition in 2 volumes; with a recent Tolkien reprint and a Harry Potte...

Dickens (C), Bleak House, 1853. Contemporary half-leather. With American Notes (1850); and The Old Curiousity Shop (1871): and 1 other (4) £60

Bateson (FW), The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, 1966. 5 volumes with dustwrappers; Gerber & Davis, Thomas Hardy (bibliography, ...

Shute (N), On the Beach, 1957. 1st edn in dustwrapper; together with 5 other Shute 1st editions; and 10 Gollancz 'yellow jacket' crime 1st ...

Francis (D), Reflex, 1980. Francis (D), Twice Shy, 1981. Francis (D), The Danger, 1982. Francis (D), Banker, 1983. All 1st editions in dustwrappers

Gallico (P), The Poseidon Adventure, 1969. 1st edn; together with 23 other works by Gallico, all in dustwrappers, including Thomasina (1957), The

Fleming (I), On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1963. 1st edn. A moderate copy with broken front hinge, some internal stains, and a dustwrapper ...

Francis (D), The Sport of Queens, 1957. 1st edition. A few marks to the boards: the jockey's autobiography and first book £40-60

Woolf (V), To The Lighthouse, 1927. 1st edition, published by the Hogarth Press. Some intermittent light foxing £50-80

Tolkien (JRR), The Hobbit, 1937. A good, clean copy - the original light green cloth slightly worn/stained on the spine. Front endpaper map bears

Bates (HE), The Darling Buds of May, 1958. The Feast of July (1954), Love for Lydia (1952), The Cruise of the Breadwinner (1946), The Tree (nd),

Tennyson (A), The Works of Alfred Tennyson, 1870. 10 small volumes in bright purple cloth contained in a quality green book box which is titled and

Churchill (WS), The Second World War, 1954. The "Chartwell Edition" in 6 volumes, red cloth with leather title labels. Colour frontispie...

Durrell (L), The Alexandria Quartet, 1962. 1st edn. in dustwrapper; Sitwell (E), The English Eccentrics (1933, 1st edn in a tired dustwrapper); a

Churchill (W), A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, 1956-7-8. 4 vols, 1st edns. All in dustwrappers (4) £40-60

Compendi Historici, 1652. Small Folio: published in Venice: title-page with engraved vignette: vellum binding with extensive card repair work. C

The Sportsman's Dictionary ...., 1778. Quarto: 16 engraved plates. Full leather (front board virtually detached, first gathering loose) £5...

Nimrod, Sporting, 1838. Small folio: plates (spotted/foxed) & other embellishments. In a worn Victorian half-leather binding £80-120

Howitt (S), The British Sportsman, 1812. 70 plates (as called for). Contemporary full-leather (worn but firm). Sporadic light foxing/browning

Morris (FO), A History of British Birds, nd(c1865). Vols I-IV only. Hand coloured plates, all in clean condition, throughout. Sold as a collectio

Edwards (L), My Hunting Sketch Book Vol II, 1930. Quarto; copy 131 of 185, signed by Lionel Edwards. 21 plates (12 in colour). Vellum-backed clot

Wortley Axe (J), The Horse - Its Treatment in Health & Disease, 1908. 3 vols large thick Octavo. Illustrated throughout (including colour plat...

Surtees (R), Ask Mamma, nd(c1900?). Together with Handley Cross - Plain or Ringlets - Hawbuck Grange - Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour - Mr Facey Ro...

Griggs (F), (Album of Horse Portraits), nd(c1935?). Contains 47 monochrome portraits (each approximately 9"x 6") of thoroughbreds, each ...

Mortimer (R.) The History of the Derby Stakes, 1962, 1st, Quarto, Livingstone-Learmonth (D.) & Hislop (J.) Famous Winners of the British Turf ...

Heilner (VC), Duck Shooting, 1951. Quarto. Together with Kirkman FB, British Sporting Birds (1936); Dawson K, Marsh & Mudflat (1931); Badmint...

Shuckard (W), British Bees, 1866. 16 colour plates; binding worn. Together with 25 other books on beekeeping, mostly post-1950 (26) £40-60

Bailey (J), Perch, 1989. Together with 15 other books on fishing all from the 1970-90 period, all with dustwrappers (16) £40-60

Hardy's Super Bottom Fishing Tackle (catalogue), 1937. 5th edition. Together with An Account of the Fishing Gear of England & Wales (MAFF ...

Scott (J), Game Fish Records, 1936. Together with Carey (H), One River, 1952; and 16 other books on fishing (18) £40-60

Chapman (A), Wild Norway, 1897. Worn binding; Greenway, Fish Fowl & Foreign Lands (1950); and 10 others on wildlife/country pursuits (12) £...

Chapman (A), Bird-Life of the Borders, 1907. Illustrated; binding unevenly faded; St John, The Wild Sports & Natural History of the Highlands ...

Duncan (S), The Complete Wildfowler, 1950. Together with Arnold (R), The Shoreshooter (nd); Powell (B), The Grey Geese Call (1956); Powell (B), M

Thomas (G), Shooting Facts & Fancies, 1978. In dustwrapper; together with Debrett's Book of Gamecards; and 10 other hunting/shooting volum...

Charles St John's Note Books, 1901. Some wear to binding. Together with Lynn-Allen, Leaves from a Game Book (1946) and 20 others on country pu...

Various, Coursing, nd(1976). Standfast Sporting Library edition. Signed by the majority of contributors on the contents pages. In dustwrapper

Aflalo (FG) & others, The Encyclopaedia of Sport, 1897. 2 vols large thick Octavo. Copiously illustrated. In scuffed green half-leather £...

Yarrell (W), A History of British Fishes, 1836. 3 volumes (I/II/Supplement). About 400 woodcut illustrations. In the original green cloth (worn)<

Morris (FO), A History of British Birds, nd(c1865). 8 volumes (Cabinet Edition). 358 illustrations all hand finished in colour. Spines uniformly

Hinds (J), The Grooms' Oracle, 1830/ 2nd edition. Small octavo; folding coloured frontispiece with tissue guard. (Front board detached) £1...

Howard (HE), The British Warblers, 1907-14. In 9 parts. In publisher's boards as issued. Plates throughout including tinted litho plates. From...

Gambado (G), An Academy of Grown Horsemen, 1808. 3rd edition. Quarto. With 29 sepia engravings by Bunbury (one cut down in margins & mounted)

Graves (G), The Naturalist's Companion, 1824. 8 plates to rear of the text. Contemporary half-leather £70-90

Walton (I) & Cotton (C), The Compleat Angler, 1897. Thick Octavo. With numerous line illustrations throughout by EH New £120-180

Fry (CB), The Book of Cricket, nd(1900). Small folio: in the original green cloth £140-180