The Library Auction - Including Rare & Collectable Harry Potter Books

Lot 1

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Uncorrected Proof Copy of the first edition, octavo, printed paper covers in black & yellow, London: Bloomsbury, 1997. All requisite issue points present: the title page gives the author as 'J. A Rowling'; the copyright page states 'Joanne Rowling'; full number line, '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice in the list on p. 53. Internally very good, clean & bright, faint fold-lines to lower corners of first leaves, covers with light

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Lot 2

Rowling, J. K.; Thomas Taylor (Illus.). Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Proof cover design for Bloomsbury, June, 1997. A scarce proof sheet of the proposed illustrated wrappers, which would have accompanied one of the uncorrected, pre-publication copies of the book (approximately 200 of which were printed). A rare survivor with considerable variations from the final published version. Well-preserved, clean & bright; original fold lines at either side of spine for intended use; some fai

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Lot 3

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 15th Anniversary Competition Prize Edition [one of only 15 copies produced and never released for sale], signed & dedicated by the author, London: Bloomsbury, [2012]. Octavo, full red crushed morocco, all edges gilt. Together with the original entry that successfully secured this book in Bloomsbury's competition. In 2012, Bloomsbury launched a nationwide competition to find the UK's "biggest Harry Potter fan". Fans were invited to write a

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Lot 4

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, 9th issue, signed & inscribed by the author on dedication page, 'To Alex, with best wishes, J K Rowling', London: Bloomsbury, 1997. Octavo, paperback, publisher's illustrated covers. Contents good with usual toning, some incredibly faint spotting in places, a neat owner inscription in coloured pencil on inner cover [vendor and recipient of the author inscription], covers creased & worn with slight discolouration at spine P

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Lot 5

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, signed first edition, first issue, full print line, '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1', in a scarce proof dust-jacket with numerous variations from the final published version [press review by Sunday Times rather than The Bookseller on upper panel; misspelling 'Cliffe Wright' on lower panel; no blue award circle on front; priced £9.99 on inner flap], London: Bloomsbury, 1998. Signed & inscribed by the author on dedication page, 'To Alex, with best wish

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Lot 6

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, first edition, first issue [featuring the scarce dropped line of text error on p. 7], London: Bloomsbury, 1999, hardback with unclipped dust-jacket, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'. Contents very good, clean, bright, appears unread, binding tight & square, boards very well-preserved, bold & vibrant, a couple of very light bumps to extremities, dust-jacket very well-preserved and bold within protective mylar covers

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Lot 7

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1997. Octavo, paperback, complete with all requisite issue points of a first printing: full number line on copyright page, '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; p. 53 with '1 wand' appearing twice in the list; the misspelling 'Philospher's' on rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] on rear cover. Very well-preserved with usual toning to leaves, bumping to head of spin

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Lot 8

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, signed first edition, first issue, full number line, '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1', London: Bloomsbury, 1998. Octavo, hardback, publisher's pictorial boards with unclipped dust-jacket, signed by the author on dedication page. Very well-preserved, clean & bright, one light crease to corner of front flap, housed in protective mylar covers. An excellent example Provenance: Purchased by the vendor from Peter Harrington, London. A copy of their catal

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Lot 9

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter. Deluxe Editions. A complete set of seven deluxe editions to include a first printing of Chamber of Secrets with the full number line '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1', the others being various printings, London: Bloomsbury, 1999-2007. Together with a duplicate of Order of the Phoenix, this time sealed in original cellophane wrappers bearing 'First Edition' barcode (8)

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Lot 10

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter. A collection of four Deluxe Editions comprising: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, seventh issue; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first issue, full number line, '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, first issue, full number line, '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, second issue. Colour cloth bindings lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, London: Bloomsbury, 1999. Internally very good, well-preserv

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Lot 11

Rowling, J. K. A mixed collection comprising: a scarce Bloomsbury promotional booklet offering various POS to help bookshops advertise the release of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, [1998]; a promotional bookmark advertising the first two novels, [1998]; Quidditch Through the Ages, by "Kennilworthy Whisp", and Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them, by "Newt Scamander", first editions, London: Bloomsbury/Comic Relief, 2001, neat owner inscriptions and light creasing; The Tales of Beedle

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Lot 12

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, fourth issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, hardback with unpriced & unclipped dust-jacket, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4'. Contents very good, clean, bright, appears unread, binding tight & square, boards bold & vibrant, dust-jacket very well-preserved and bold within protective mylar covers. An excellent example

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Lot 13

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1998, hardback with unclipped dust-jacket, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'. Contents very good, clean & bright, binding tight & square, boards bold & vibrant with very light bumping to extreme corners, dust-jacket good & bold with bumping along edges. A very good example

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Lot 14

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter. A small miscellaneous collection comprising: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, fourth issue, number line '10 9 8 7 6 5 4', hardback, London: Bloomsbury, 1997; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, third issue, number line '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3', hardback with unclipped dust-jacket, London: Bloomsbury, 1998; Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, two second printings, number lines '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2', hardbacks with unclipped d

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Lot 15

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, eighth issue, "10 9 8", London: Bloomsbury, 1997, hardback with unclipped dust-jacket. Contents very good, well-preserved with usual toning to edges, neat owner inscription on front pastedown, a few incredibly faint spots, binding very good, boards bright & bold, slight shelf-lean, jacket well-preserved with slight discolouration at spine

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Lot 16

Dahl, Roald. The Gremlins, first English edition of the author's first children's book, London & Glasgow: Collins, [1944]. Quarto, quarter-cloth with publisher's pictorial boards, illustrated endpapers. Internally very well-preserved, fine, clean & bright, binding tight & square, the boards very good with light bumping & wear to extremities. A very good example with a loosely-inserted catalogue entry from Bromlea & Jonkers Rare Books

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Lot 17

Dulac, Edmund (Illus.). Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red Cross, first edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1915]. Quarto, publisher's cloth, complete with all 20 tipped-in colour plates as called for, internally good & bright with pale spotting and very slight wear in places, covers slightly bumped at corners with light wear to extremities. Together with Just Among Friends, by Cecil Aldin, first edition, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934, illustrated with 28 lithographic pla

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Lot 18

Martin, (George R. R.). A Song of Ice and Fire. Collection comprising: A Game of Thrones, first edition, first issue, number line '1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9', London: Harper Collins/Voyager, 1996, octavo, publisher's red cloth, unclipped dust-jacket (priced £16.99), in near-fine condition, some very faint spotting & toning to edges of text block encroaching into lower margins of first & final leaves, the jacket within protective mylar covers, housed in an unrelated slipcase; A Clash of Kings, first edit

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Lot 19

A collection of three books comprising: The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini, signed by the author in English and Farsi, New York: Penguin/Riverhead, 2003, hardback with unclipped dust-jacket, fine condition in protective mylar covers; Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer, first UK edition, London: Atom, 2006, hardback with unclipped dust-jacket, internally very good, a few scuffs to covers; Ulysses, by James Joyce, New York: Random House/Modern Library, 1946, lacking dust-jacket, marked & shaken, sticke

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Lot 20

Milne, A. A. Winnie-the-Pooh, first edition, London: Methuen, 1926. Octavo, publisher's gilt green cloth, top edge gilt, illustrated endpapers, gift inscription dated 1926. Contents very good, clean & bright, a few very pale spots, binding very good, slight shelf-lean, light bumping to corners

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Lot 21

Milne, A. A. The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, London: Methuen, 1928. Octavo, publisher's gilt pink cloth, top edge gilt, illustrated endpapers, gift inscription with a small hole & mark from the pen, internally very good, clean & bright, binding very good, cloth discoloured

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Lot 22

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Lord of the Rings, De Luxe Edition, ninth impression, containing The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1984. Octavo, pp. 1193, two folding maps, publisher's decorated black cloth, binding tight & square, internally good & bright, light rubbing & marks to cloth of upper board, housed in a lidded box bearing paper title label, slight splitting to lid

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Lot 23

Juvenalia. Weedon, L. L.; E. Stuart Hardy (Illust.). The Land of Long Ago: A Visit to Fairyland with Humpty Dumpty, London & New York: Ernest Nister & E. P. Dutton & Co., [1905]. Oblong quarto, 26 x 32cm, pp. 21, illustrated with six chromolithographic pop-up plates, publisher's pictorial boards, quarter cloth. The pop-up scenes are generally in good order with a few loose parts, contents with toning & marks, detached from boards, sold as found with all faults

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Lot 24

Murdoch, Iris. A collection of first editions comprising: The Red and the Green, 1965; The Black Prince, 1973; Henry and Cato, 1976; The Book and the Brotherhood, 1987 [this one signed by the author]; An Accidental Man, 1971; The Sea, The Sea, 1978 [winner of the Booker Prize]; A Fairly Honourable Defeat, 1970; The Italian Girl, 1964; The Time of the Angels, 1966; Bruno's Dream, 1969; An Unofficial Rose, 1962; The Unicorn, 1963; The Sacred and Profane Love Machine, 1974; A Word Child, 1975. Toge

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Lot 25

A collection of Danish children's books, 1940s/1950s, including works by Westergaard, Borch, Halling, Meister & Andersen, Gredsted and others, condition varied, sold with all faults (36)

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Lot 26

Tourtel, Mary. Rupert - Little Bear - More Stories, first edition, London: Sampson Low, [1939]. Quarto, quarter-cloth with colour pictorial boards, colour frontispiece, Rupert's Theatre unused, neat contemporary owner inscription inside 'belongs to' box, free of colouring or doodles, very slight marginal loss to one of the final leaves, internally very good, a little shaken with slight wear to gutters, covers bumped with slight wear at corners/edges. Together with The Rupert Book, [1949], covers

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Lot 27

Children's & Illustrated. A collection of books to include How to Live in a Flat, by W. Heath Robinson, first edition, Hutchinson, n.d., [1936], orange cloth; the first Giles annual, Lane Publication Ltd., [1946]; Orlando's Invisible Pyjamas, by Kathleen Hale, lithographic soft covers, John Murray, n.d., [c. 1950]; Orlando the Judge, John Murray, n.d., [c. 1959]; Gran'pop's Book of Fun, by Lawson Wood, Birn Bros, n.d., [c. 1943]. Condition varied, sold as one collection with all faults (5)

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Lot 28

Dickens, Charles. Bleak House, first edition from the parts with characteristic stab-holes to gutters, publisher's blue paper covers & 24pp. advertisements for No. 1 bound in at rear, illustrated with steel-engraved plates by H. K. Browne, “Phiz”, London: Bradbury & Evans, 1853. Octavo, half-calf, pp. 624, untrimmed edges, some foxing to most plates

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Lot 29

Clare, John. Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery, first edition, London: Taylor & Hessey, 1820. First edition with 10pp. publisher's advertisements at rear, complete with scarce 5-line errata slip. Half-title, title, 22pp. introduction, 4pp. contents, text pp. [iii] 4-222, 10pp. adverts. Contents well-preserved with a few spots in places, a couple of neat inscriptions in an early hand noting the poems that would be omitted in later editions, in worn C19 half-calf, boards detached, but in

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Lot 30

Clare, John. The Village Minstrel, and Other Poems, first edition in two volumes, London: Taylor & Hessey, 1821. Vol. I: pp. xxviii, [iii] 4-216, 4pp. advertisements; Vol. II: [viii], [iii] 4-211, 4pp. adverts. The first volume with a stipple-engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, the second volume lacking frontispiece of Clare's Cottage, both volumes complete with half-titles. Contents well-preserved & bright, some light pencil underlining, untrimmed page edges, contemporary blue paper-c

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Lot 31

Clare, John. The Shepherd's Calendar; with Village Stories, and Other Poems, first edition, London: Published for John Taylor, 1827. Engraved frontispiece, pp. viii, [i] 2-238, 2pp. publisher's advertisements. Contents well-preserved & bright, untrimmed edges, pale marks in places, pale spotting to first few leaves, owner inscription to half-title ('Sarah Smith's Book 1829'), blue paper-covered boards, relined/rebacked, 12mo

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Lot 32

Clare, John. The Rural Muse, two first editions in variant bindings, London: Whittaker & Co., 1835, both with engraved frontispiece of 'The Poet's Cottage', vignette title, and wood-engraved illustration of the author's birthplace on p. 171, both ex-library, together with The Village Minstrel, second edition in two volumes (but bound as one), lacking first title, Taylor & Hessey, 1823, ex-library, and Life & Remains of John Clare, by J. L. Cherry, 1873, lacking covers, sold with all faults, 12mo

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Lot 33

Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New, London: Robert Barker, 1634. Title pages present for Old Testament, New Testament, and Psalms. Publisher's imprint on title of Psalms is London: Printed by W. S. for the Company of Stationers, 1633. Nothing before first title; Old & New Testaments appear textually complete with signatures following on correctly throughout; signature S2 misnumbered S4 but correct; pp. 415/416 & 503/504 with slight loss to marginal text; p. 679/680 with closed

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Lot 34

Oakley, Edward. Every Man a compleat Builder: Or, Easy Rules and Proportions for Drawing and Working the several Parts of Architecture, first edition, London: Henry Webley, 1766. Association copy bearing armorial bookplate for Edward Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England. Octavo, pp. [ii], 3-32, engraved frontispiece, engraved plates numbered 6 to 51 inclusive [lacking 1-5], worn contemporary calf boards, rebacked, lacking free/blank endpapers front & rear, main contents good & bright, final

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Lot 35

De Lacy White, Rev. Francis. Poems, including 'On Cricket' (dedicated to W. G. Grace), presentation copy inscribed by the author to Rev. E. Elmer Harding, Rugeley: H. J. Pascoe, [1903]. The author is recorded on the title as Rector of Mavesyn Ridware, Rugeley, Staffordshire. Octavo, ivory coloured cloth lettered in gilt, pp. [vii], 8-32. Covers marked and a little bumped, contents with handling marks and some faint spotting in places

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Lot 36

[Holberg, Ludvig]. Comedies, 15 plays in three [of seven] volumes bound as one, scarce, text in Danish, Copenhagen: J. J. Høpffner, [c. 1758]. First Book comprising: Den politiske kandestøber [The Political Tinker, a satirical play and Holberg's first comedy]; Den Vægelsindede; Jean de France eller Hans Frandsen; Jeppe på Bjerget; Mester Gert Westphaler eller Dend meget talende Barbeer. Second Book comprising: Den ellefte Junii; Barselstuen; Det Arabiske Pulver; Julestuen; Mascarade; Third Book

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Lot 37

An 18th-century manuscript of Tikune Shabat [prayers and devotions for the Sabbath], written be-otiyot Amsterdam, i.e. after the letters/font of Amsterdam (these details appear in the ornamented title page of the manuscript). The title page does not provide the place of production nor the name of the scribe-artist who was responsible for writing and decorating the book. The Hebrew date seems to be written incorrectly. The top of one of the pages is marked 5517 and contains provenance details and

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Lot 38

Joyce, Harriet. Georgian Manuscript Atlas, 5 November 1824. A beautifully handwritten atlas illustrated with 47 carefully hand-drawn maps, contemporaneous outline colour and vibrant yellow borders in watercolour. The atlas begins with a description of geography & illustrations of compasses, followed by 47 maps & descriptive text: Old World, New World, Europe, France, England, 40 English counties, North Wales, South Wales, and Isle of Wight. Entirely done by hand, the book completed to the end. Q

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Lot 39

Medieval music manuscript, vellum, fragment, rubricated capitals, illuminated gilt panel depicting woman playing lute, used for the covers of a quarter-calf folio, 54 x 48cm, housing a loose collection of maps, mostly C19, some earlier, including Robert Morden, 37 maps in total, various sizes, condition varied, sold as found with all faults

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Lot 40

Georgian manuscript map card game. A unique set of handmade educational cards, c. 1800, produced entirely in ink & watercolour (not etched or engraved), a teaching aid or parlour game comprising a total of 94 cards arranged in the following order: 40 cards depicting maps of the English counties in a variety of vibrant colours, each county with an accompanying manuscript information card; two cards depicting the counties of North Wales & South Wales with 12 corresponding information cards. The ca

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Lot 41

Shaw, Stebbing. The History & Antiquities of Staffordshire, first edition, Vol. I & Vol. II Part I [all published], London: J. Nichols & Son, 1798-1801. Folio, full polished calf, rebacked, bound by Upham & Beet, marbled endpapers, armorial bookplates for Foley, all edges gilt, numerous engraved plates and folding maps (2)

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Lot 42

Quin, Edward. A Historical Atlas, first edition, London: Seeley & Burnside, 1830. Complete with all 21 hand-coloured & aquatint-etched maps, six of which are folding. Folio (42 x 33cm), publisher's contemporary half-morocco boards with paper title label, binding worn with detached boards, marginal wear & marks to contents but the maps generally appear very good and most have protective tissue-guards, sold as found with all faults A first edition of this scarce and unusual atlas that reveals th

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Lot 43

Africa. Arrowsmith, Aaron. A large and historically important map of Africa, 1 November 1802, copper-engraving, dissected into 24 sections, linen-backed, approx. 125cm by 145cm, dedicated 'To The Committee and Members of the British Association for Discovering the Interior parts of Africa', featuring an allegorical cartouche at lower-left. The map has toning, staining & marks, a few very small areas of loss but avoiding the engraved detail, the warm colour is not unattractive This map has been

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Lot 44

Atlas. England & Wales. Blaeu, Willem and Joan Blaeu. Le Theatre du Monde, Quatriesme Partie [Theatrum, Vol. IV: England & Wales], the first French issue of Blaeu's atlas of England & Wales, Amsterdam: J. Blaeu, 1645. Folio, publisher's full contemporary gilt-tooled vellum, pictorial title page with letterpress label carefully pasted on as usual, 58 copper-engraved maps (57 double-page) with early or contemporary hand-colouring, plus further illustrations set within the text, pp. [x], 380, [i].

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Lot 45

[Bewick, Thomas (Illust.)]. Poems of [Oliver] Goldsmith and [Thomas] Parnell, first edition thus, illustrated with 13 wood-engravings by Bewick (including vignettes & tail-pieces), pp. xx, 76, London: W. Bulmer & Co., 1795. Quarto, untrimmed edges, address from the publisher uncut, paper-covered boards, a short tear to title of The Traveller, some pale spotting & handling marks

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Lot 46

Detaille, Édouard (Illust.). Cavaliers de Napoleon, by Frederic Mason, first & scarce limited edition on Japan, numbered 16/75 and signed by the artist, Paris: Boussod, Valadon & Co., 1895. Quarto, bound by H. Wood in full crushed morocco lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Internally very clean & bright, pale spotting to blank endleaves, binding tight & square, slight discolouration and wear to extremities, some splitting to upper joint, small ownership label, Scarce

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Edwards, Lionel (Illust.). Shires & Provinces, and More Shires & Provinces, by "Sabretache" [Albert Stewart Barrow], first edition in two volumes, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1926-28. Quarto, publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, illustrated with 32 colour plates, internally good & bright with some spotting to the captioned tissue-guards, bindings tight & square with some scuffs and surface wear (2)

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Lot 48

Edwards, Lionel (Illust.). A collection of books, all first editions unless stated otherwise, comprising: My Scottish Sketch Book, Country Life, 1929, 4to., unclipped d.j., owner inscription with manuscript notes and mounted plate on endpapers; Famous Foxhunters, first cheap edition, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1938, 4to., unclipped d.j.; My Hunting Sketch Book, Vols. I & II, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1928-30, 4to., loosely-inserted Sporting Gallery advert, both with d.j., tog. w/ another two-volume set of

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Milne, A. A. Winnie-the-Pooh, first edition, London: Methuen, 1926. Octavo, publisher's gilt green cloth, top edge gilt, illustrated endpapers, gift inscription dated 1926. Contents very good, clean & bright, a few very pale spots, binding very good, slight shelf-lean, light bumping to corners

Milne, A. A. The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, London: Methuen, 1928. Octavo, publisher's gilt pink cloth, top edge gilt, illustrated endpapers, gift inscription with a small hole & mark from the pen, internally very good, clean & bright, binding very good, cloth discoloured

A collection of Danish children's books, 1940s/1950s, including works by Westergaard, Borch, Halling, Meister & Andersen, Gredsted and others, condition varied, sold with all faults (36)