The Library Auction - Harry Potter, Rare Books, Maps, Autograph Letters

Lot 1

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 true 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; no space between 'Taylor' and '1997' on copyright page. A superb an

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ROWLING, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, an "Uncorrected Proof Copy" of the first novel in the Harry Potter series [pre-dating even the first edition], octavo, printed card wrappers in yellow & black, 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 well-preserved with org

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ROWLING, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 24th printing, signed by the author on dedication page, paperback, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 2nd issue paperback, again signed by the author on dedication page. Philosopher's Stone is internally very well-preserved, clean & bright, almost appears unread, the author's signature has very slightly faded over time, the covers are bold & vibrant with light handling creases around corners and faintly

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ROWLING, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, second issue bearing bookplate signed by the author in green ink on front free endpaper, London: Ted Smart [The Book People], 1998. Octavo, hardback, unclipped dust-jacket. Internally very well-preserved, clean & bright, a light crease to edge of ffep/half-title, pulling slightly at gutters of title, binding tight & square, boards bold & vibrant, very faint & trivial bumping to extreme corners, jacket good with very slight discolouration t

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Lot 5

ROWLING, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, 24th issue, signed by the following cast members: Richard Harris [Albus Dumbledore]; Rupert Grint [Ron Weasley]; Emma Watson [Hermione Granger]; Maggie Smith [Minerva McGonagall]; Alan Rickman [Severus Snape]; Tom Felton [Draco Malfoy]; Jamie Waylett [Vincent Crabbe]; Josh Herdman [Gregory Goyle];....

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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, usual light toning to page edges, one light crease to corner of front flap, a bump to lower corner of front board, light pushing to edges of spine, pencil on front pastedown, housed in pro

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ROWLING, J. K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, first deluxe edition, sealed in original cellophane wrappers bearing barcode label, printing/issue unknown without breaking seal, appears fine, one small bump at top edge of spine, unopened/unread

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Lot 8

ROWLING, J. K. The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Collector's Edition, first edition, London: Children's High Level Group, December, 2008. Bound in full crushed morocco with metal clasps and decorations to upper board, protective red velvet bag bearing embroidered signature, ten prints in original envelope, the whole housed within a solander box in the form of a leather-bound book lettered in gilt with raised bands, complete with publisher's white card slipcase. Appears well-preserved, clean and brig

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Lot 9

ROWLING, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 40th printing, London: Bloomsbury, 2000, hardback with unclipped dust-jacket, together with first editions of Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince, and Deathly Hallows, and a later printing of Goblet of Fire. Condition of most appears good & bright, Order of the Phoenix creased/marked, thus sold as one collection with all faults (5)

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Lot 10

TOLKIEN, J. R. R. The Hobbit, first edition thus, first printing of the first appearance in paperback, issued for Puffin, PS 161, London: Penguin, 1961. A well-preserved example of this scarce and fragile book, internally good with usual age toning, no inscriptions or obvious marks, some page corners/edges with creases & nicks, covers good with light creasing to spine and slight wear to corners/extremities

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Lot 11

CARROLL, Lewis [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, first edition, first issue with "wade" on p. 21 and no page number on p. [98], London: Macmillan & Co., 1872 [December 1871]. Octavo, handsomely bound by Bayntun-Riviere in crimson crushed morocco lettered in gilt with raised bands, gilt illustrations after Tenniel on upper & lower boards and spine compartments, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, the original cloth covers & spine presented at rear,

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MORPURGO, Michael. War Horse, first edition, Kingswood: Kaye & Ward, The Windmill Press, 1982. Octavo, hardback, publisher's illustrated boards designed by Victor Ambrus. In fine/near-fine, unread condition

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MILNE, A. A. The House at Pooh Corner, limited edition signed by Christopher Milne, numbered 159/300, London: Methuen, 1978. Octavo, handbound by Zaehnsdorf in full crushed morocco lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, housed in card slipcase. The book is in fine, unread condition, the slipcase has some very faint surface wear

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MILNE, A. A. The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, first printing, London: Methuen, 1928. Octavo, publisher's salmon pink cloth, top edge gilt, worn dust-jacket priced 7/6. Contents with handling marks, folded corners, several tears, occasional spotting & marks, cloth heavily discoloured, top edge dusty, jacket worn. Sold with all faults

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MILNE, A. A. The House at Pooh Corner, first Canadian edition, first issue, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1928. Octavo, publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt, untrimmed edges. Internally good & bright, contemporary gift inscription from Xmas 1928 on ffep, gutters showing a little at half-title, binding good & square, a few marks & slight wear at top joint, the gilt dulled at spine. Together with Winnie-the-Pooh, ninth edition, London: Methuen, 1929, marked green cloth with unclipped dust-jac

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MILNE, A. A. When We Were Very Young, first edition, London: Methuen, 1924. Octavo, publisher's gilt blue cloth, top edge gilt. Internally very well-preserved, clean & bright, endpapers with light offsetting & pale spots/marks, binding good, cloth bold & clean with some pale marks, a couple of light wrinkles, corners/extremities lightly bumped/rubbed, shelf-lean

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LANG, Andrew. The Arabian Nights Entertainments, first Lang edition, illustrated by Henry Justice Ford, London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1898. Octavo, publisher's gilt blue cloth, all edges gilt, owner inscription on half-title dated 1901, some pale spotting and folded corners, slight shelf-lean & wear to extremities. Together with a first edition of The Animal Story Book, 1896, and a fourth impression of The True Story Book, 1900, in similar condition (3)

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BINDER, Pearl. Misha Learns English, Puffin Picture Book No. 25, first edition, Penguin Books Ltd., [1942]. Oblong format, colour lithographic paper covers, colour and b&w lithographic illustrations throughout. Internally very good, covers with some creasing & slight loss

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Lot 19

HALE, Kathleen. Orlando The Marmalade Cat: A Camping Holiday, London: Country Life, reprinted 1942; Orlando Buys a Farm, 6th impression, Country Life, 1966; Orlando's Home Life, Puffin Picture Books No. 26, Penguin [c. 1948]. Various sizes/formats, colour lithographic illustrations, condition varied, some wear, Orlando's Home Life with detached covers. Together with eight other children's books including Babar and Topsy & Tim, sold as one collection with all faults (11)

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DISNEY, Walt. Detective Adventures, London: Juvenile Productions Ltd., [c. 1938], neat contemporary owner inscription, discolouration/toning but no doodles or tears, binding good, slight bumping & wear to extremities. Together with Mickey Mouse Annual 1947, London: Dean & Son Ltd., very good & bright, no doodles or tears, binding good, slight scuffing to lower board (2)

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Lot 21

KIPLING, Rudyard. Just So Stories, first edition, London: Macmillan, 1902. Quarto, publisher's pictorial cloth, half-title. Contents generally good, spotting to endpapers and lightly at title/contents, pale scribble to p. 249, feeling a little shaken, cloth discoloured and worn at headcaps. Together with a reprinted and defective copy of the same, sold with all faults (2)

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Lot 22

TOURTEL, Mary. More Adventures of Rupert, first edition, Daily Express, [1937], internally good & bright, no doodles or colouring, one neat inscription in ownership box, some pale spotting to title, a few marginals splits and dirt/marks in places, binding good with rubbing/wear to corners/extremities, a couple of pale marks to cloth spine. The New Rupert Book, first edition, Daily Express, [1938], in similar condition to previous but with some creasing and marginal tears in places. The Adventure

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TOURTEL, Mary. A collection of ten books from the Rupert Little Bear Library series in distinctive yellow boards, comprising: No. 2 (Black Dwarf); No. 4 (Friend Margot); No. 5 (Wood of Mystery); No. 6 (Further Adventures Pet Monkey); No. 9 (Circus Clown); No. 10 (Magic Hat); No. 21 (Wonderful Boots); No. 22 (Christmas Tree Fairies); No. 34 (Bill Keep Shop), and No. 38 (Bill's Aeroplane Adventure), London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd., [c. 1930s]. Condition varied, no first editions, sold as o

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Bestall, Alfred. First editions of the second, third and fourth Rupert Annuals: More Adventures of Rupert [1937], The New Rupert Book [1938], The Adventures of Rupert [1939], Daily Express Publications. The 1939 annual is very well-preserved, a few light marks, wear to corners, neat contemporary owner inscription, otherwise bold & bright; the 1938 annual has light spotting and a removed owner inscription; the 1937 annual has marginal wear & loss in places, sold with all faults (3)

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Rupert. An extensive collection of annuals dating from 1950s to 2010s, many of the more recent years signed by illustrators John Harrold & Stuart Trotter, some duplicates (90)

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John Harrold (b. 1947). Greenchase Book Club, 2005, signed l.l., a pair of illustrations, one ink & watercolour, 14 x 14cm, the other pencil, 12 x 12cm, framed & glazed as one

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Stuart Trotter (Contemporary). The 80th Rupert Annual, six copies signed by the illustrator, each bearing an original ink remarque of Rupert, and a signed copy of No. 82, again featuring an original ink illustration of Rupert, together with 67 modern colour prints of Rupert Bear, two designs numbered 1-30 of 30, plus seven signed but not numbered (74)

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Children's & Illustrated. A collection of late-Victorian & Edwardian books to include The Prize for Girls & Boys, featuring 12 issues, each with a vibrant chromolithographic cover, Jan-Dec 1895, colour frontispiece, publisher's pictorial boards, contemporary gift inscription, well-preserved & bright; Nister's Holiday Annual, 1894, illustrated with five chromolitho plates, one plate loose but otherwise well-preserved & bright, and four others in worn condition, sold with all faults (6)

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BAUM, L. Frank. The Wizard of Oz, second edition thus, London: Hutchinson's Books for Young People, 1947, illustrated with five colour plates as called for, internally good & bright, neat contemporary owner inscriptions, binding tight & square with slight wear and bumps. Together with three 1960s editions of Beatrix Potter, and The Tinker's Wig, by John Saunders, 1947 (5)

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CARROLL, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking-Glass, two Edwardian editions, together with a 1965 Caxton edition (3)

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Folio Society. A collection of popular literature (classics & modern), plus a small range of history, natural history and biography. 79 books in total, including Complete Novels of Jane Austen, in seven volumes, 1975; Sherlock Holmes Complete Stories, in five volumes, 1993; Complete Plays of William Shakespeare, in six volumes, 1990; The Greek Myths, bound in quarter leather, 1996; The Golden Treasury, bound in quarter leather, 1997; The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, 1996; The Consolation o

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Lot 32

Crime Fiction. A miscellaneous collection to include Frequent Hearses, by Edmund Crispin, first edition, London: Victor Gollancz, 1950; The Devil Doctor [Fu-Manchu], by Sax Rohmer, eighth edition, London: Methuen, 1922, in dust-jacket; Death Takes a Wife, by Anthony Gilbert, first edition, London: The Crime Club, Collins, 1959; Murder in Pastiche, by Marion Mainwaring, second impression, London: Victor Gollancz, 1955; Gaudy Night, by Dorothy L. Sayers, 14th impression, London: Victor Gollancz, 1

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Lot 33

SMITH, Stevie. Harold's Leap, presentation copy signed & inscribed by the author for Walter J. Strachan, also bearing his owner inscription, first edition, first impression, author's corrections to text in four places, London: Chapman & Hall, 1950. Octavo, publisher's red cloth, dust-jacket present as front/flap only, internally good & bright, pale spotting to endleaves, binding good, slight discolouration & wear to spine, lightly bumped at corners. Together with The Frog Prince and Other Poems,

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Poetry. A collection of four first editions comprising: Summoned by Bells, by John Betjeman, London: John Murray, 1960; The Dream of Gerontius, by Cardinal Newman, London: John Lane/Bodley Head, 1916; two copies of Consider the Years, by Virginia Graham, London: Jonathan Cape, 1946. Internally well-preserved, good & bright, neat contemporary owner inscriptions, some marks & slight wear to jackets, Betjeman wrappers price-clipped (4)

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FITZGERALD, Edward (Transl.). Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, 8vo, bound in full crushed morocco gilt by Hatchards, crudely rebacked with the original spine laid down, London: Macmillan, 1890, and two other editions of the same: one illustrated by Gilbert James, London & Edinburgh: Foulis, [c. 1910], being 'the first of the envelope books', the other published by McLagan & Cumming, Edinburgh, 1913, condition varied, sold with all faults (3)

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BRIDGES, Robert. The Shorter Poems, presentation copy inscribed & signed by the author, 'To A. E. Cumberbatch, from Robert Bridges, 1898.' 8vo, full crushed morocco lettered in gilt, bound by Morley of Oxford, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, fifth edition, London: George Bell & Sons, 1896. Internally good & bright, binding strong with pushing to corners and slight wear to extremities. [The recipient is possibly A. E. Cumberbatch (d. 1929), Consulting Aural Surgeon, St. Bartholomew's Hospital

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Lot 37

JOYCE, James. Anna Livia Plurabelle, Limited Edition, SIGNED by the author, numbered 402/800, New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928. Octavo, publisher's brown cloth lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed. Internally very well-preserved & bright, the occasional tiny scratch or faint spot, the extreme top-corners of leaves lightly bumped (ffep/blank with a tiny nibble from edge), binding very good & strong, corners bumped Provenance: This book belonged to the vendor's extended family who ow

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LAWRENCE, D. H. Lady Chatterley's Lover, 60th Anniversary Limited Edition, sealed in original cellophane wrappers bearing label with limitation number to base, numbered 947/1000, [London: Penguin, 2006]. Tall octavo, 25cm, embroidered silk dust-jacket designed by Paul Smith. In fine, unread condition, housed in plexiglass slipcase, sealed/unopened in cellophane wrappers, the cellophane with one short tear

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AUSTEN, Jane. Novels by Miss Jane Austen [Standard Novels], first illustrated edition, complete, six novels in five volumes, comprising Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion, London: Richard Bentley, 1833. All titles & plates dated 1833. Final imprint of each volume stating 'London: Printed by A. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square', Vols. III-V additionally stating on verso of title 'London: Printed by Samuel Bentley, Dorset Street, Fleet

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[GLASSE, Hannah. The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, London: Printed for the Author, 1747]. FIRST EDITION. Folio (30 x 18cm). Lacking the title only, otherwise textually complete and conforming to the collation of a first edition: pp. [14]....

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SWIFT, Jonathan. A Tale of a Tub, Second Edition Corrected [published same year as first], "Uterinus" on p. 320, London: John Nutt, 1704. Octavo, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, morocco title label to style, pp. [xii], 322, advertisement facing title. Contents generally good & bright, some light creasing and handling marks, marginal worm and loss in places, more significant at pp. 229/230 & 305/306 (just affecting two letters), early annotation to margins of p

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DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 1837; The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1839; The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, 1844. First editions bound from the parts with characteristic stab-holes, contemporary half-calf, London: Chapman & Hall, 1837-1844. Together with Master Humphrey's Clock, Vol. II only, 1841. Condition varied, bindings worn, Pickwick ends abruptly at p. 608, sold as one collection with all faults (4)

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Lot 43

EDGEWORTH, Maria. Tales, and Miscellaneous Pieces, Vols. VI, VII & VIII only, 1825; The Parent's Assistant, Vol. I only, 1840; Early Lessons, Vol. III only, 1835; Early Lessons, Vol. III & IV only, 1845; Popular Tales, 1851; Rosanna, n.d.; Harry and Lucy, 1856. Condition varied, part-sets & ex-library, sold as one collection with all faults (10)

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Lot 44

Gaskell, Elizabeth. Cranford, first illustrated edition [designed by George du Maurier], London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1867. Octavo, half-calf with morocco title label lettered in gilt, marbled boards, bearing armorial bookplate for Richard Mercer, binder's ticket for W. G. Chamberlain, West Malling, pp. [1-5], 6-243, [i], illustrated with four plates (including frontispiece & pictorial title). Internally good & bright, occasional pale spotting, heavier at endpapers, owner inscriptions on front bl

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De Laune, Thomas. The Present State of London: Or, Memorials Comprehending A Full and Succinct Account Of the Ancient and Modern State thereof, first edition, London: George Larkin, 1681. 12mo., later C18/19 half-calf, engraved frontispiece and 12 plates, plus numerous woodcuts within the text, pp. [xii], 360, 385-396, 407-478. Internally good with general toning, some folded corners, light wear in places, one small area of loss on title affecting corresponding area of frontis. and first leaves

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18th & 19th Century Sheet Music. An extensive collection of musical scores for piano and violin, arranged & bound within six volumes as follows: 1. Eight Glees, Composed by W. B. Earle; The Celebrated Overture, and two others similar, by Haydn; Concerto III Pastorale, by Schobert; Six Sonatas, by Valentino Nicolai, London: Longman & Broderip, [c. 1780-1790]. 2. Pas de Trois, by G. Kiallmark; The Overture from Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, by D. Bruguier; The Prussian Rondo, Arabian Rondo, and Tur

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Holy Bible. A Queen Anne period Bible, containing the Old & New Testaments, as well as the Book of Common Prayer, London: Charles Bill, 1706. The signatures indicate octavo format, though the size & shape is more suggestive of quarto (27 x 20cm). ....

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Whymper, Edward. Chamonix and the Range of Mont Blanc, fifth edition, bound with The Valley of Zermatt and the Matterhorn, fourth edition, numerous illustrations & folding plates/maps...

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ROWLING, J. K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, first deluxe edition, sealed in original cellophane wrappers bearing barcode label, printing/issue unknown without breaking seal, appears fine, one small bump at top edge of spine, unopened/unread

MORPURGO, Michael. War Horse, first edition, Kingswood: Kaye & Ward, The Windmill Press, 1982. Octavo, hardback, publisher's illustrated boards designed by Victor Ambrus. In fine/near-fine, unread condition

BINDER, Pearl. Misha Learns English, Puffin Picture Book No. 25, first edition, Penguin Books Ltd., [1942]. Oblong format, colour lithographic paper covers, colour and b&w lithographic illustrations throughout. Internally very good, covers with some creasing & slight loss

Rupert. An extensive collection of annuals dating from 1950s to 2010s, many of the more recent years signed by illustrators John Harrold & Stuart Trotter, some duplicates (90)

John Harrold (b. 1947). Greenchase Book Club, 2005, signed l.l., a pair of illustrations, one ink & watercolour, 14 x 14cm, the other pencil, 12 x 12cm, framed & glazed as one

CARROLL, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking-Glass, two Edwardian editions, together with a 1965 Caxton edition (3)

[GLASSE, Hannah. The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, London: Printed for the Author, 1747]. FIRST EDITION. Folio (30 x 18cm). Lacking the title only, otherwise textually complete and conforming to the collation of a first edition: pp. [14]....

Holy Bible. A Queen Anne period Bible, containing the Old & New Testaments, as well as the Book of Common Prayer, London: Charles Bill, 1706. The signatures indicate octavo format, though the size & shape is more suggestive of quarto (27 x 20cm). ....

Whymper, Edward. Chamonix and the Range of Mont Blanc, fifth edition, bound with The Valley of Zermatt and the Matterhorn, fourth edition, numerous illustrations & folding plates/maps...